A : What’s wrong with you? Why are you scratching so much?
B : I feel itchy! I can’t stand it anymore! I think I may be coming down with something. I feel lightheaded and weak.
A : Let me have a look. Whoa! Get away from me!
B : What’s wrong?
A: I think you have chicken pox! You are contagious! Get away! Don’t breathe on me!
B : Maybe it’s just a rash or an allergy! We can’t be sure until I see a doctor.
A : Well in the meantime you are a biohazard! I didn’t get it when I was a kid and I’ve heard that you can even die if you get it as an adult!
B: Are you serious? You always blow things out of proportion. In any case, I think I’ll go take an oatmeal bath.
scratch vt. 抓;撓,搔
He scratched the insect bite on his leg (with his nails).
他(用指甲)在他腿上搔蟲咬的地方。
itchy a. 癢的
I must have been bitten by a flea, my arms are itchy.
我一定是讓跳蚤咬了,胳膊很癢。
come down with (something) 生病,染上……病
lightheaded a. 頭昏眼花的
chicken pox n. 水痘
contagious a.(有)傳染性的
rash n. 皮疹
allergy n. 過敏癥
in the meantime與此同時
biohazard n. 生物危害
blow (something) out of proportion 夸大某事
【拓展詞匯】
flu n.流感
cold n.感冒
fever n. 發(fā)燒
nauseous a.惡心的
allergic a.過敏的
A : 你怎么了?為什么一直在搔。
B : 我感到很癢,我再也無法忍受了。我想我肯定是得了某種病,我感到頭昏、無力。
A: 讓我看看。天哪!離我遠點!
B : 怎么了?
A: 我想你得了水痘。那是有傳染性的。離我遠點,別對著我呼氣。
B : 也許只是皮疹或過敏癥。等看完病才能知道。
A: 同時,你會帶來生物危害。我小時候沒得 水痘,我聽說即使是大人得了水痘也可能死掉。
B : 真的嗎?你總是夸大其詞。無論怎么樣,我想我都會去洗個燕麥片浴。