生活英語對話 Episode 6: Breakfast Time

本單元是關(guān)于早飯時間的對話

Tim: Morning, campers!

Alice: Ooh, not so loud, my head's killing me.

Michal: I feel awful too. I've got a pain in my stomach. My head

hurts.....

Tim: Welcome to your first British hangover Michal! What you

need now is a good fry-up.

Alice: Bleugh! Oh, morning Helen. You look as bad as I feel.

Have you been crying?

Helen: No, no of course not. Just burning the midnight oil

studying, studying, studying.

Tim: So, who's for eggs, beans and toast?

Alice: Urgh! You really are a pain in the neck sometimes Tim!

本單元的語言點是關(guān)于生病的英語說法，當你生病了，你可以用以下方式描述你的癥狀(病情)。

Illness

生病

When you're ill, you can describe your symptoms (changes in

your body which show that you're ill) in the following ways:

當你生病了，你可以用以下方式描述你的癥狀(病情)

You can use have got + ache (when it forms part of a compound

noun) with only 5 parts of the body:

只有下列五種身體部位可以加上 ache 組成集合名詞

I've got (a) backache

She's got (a) stomach-ache

He's got a headache

You've got (an) earache

He's got (a) toothache

Note: All of these aches except headache are usually uncountable

in British English so you don't use a or an with them. In

American English, all these aches are countable so you use a or

an with them.

You can use hurt/ache (verb) with any part of the body:

任何身體部位都可以用 hurt/ache 當動詞使用

My leg hurts

Her ankle hurts

His stomach aches

Everything aches

My toes hurt

His hands ache

You can use sore (adjective) with any part of the body:

任何身體部位都可以用sore當形容詞使用

I've got a sore arm

She's got a sore leg

He's got a sore toe

You've got a sore head

You can use pain (noun) with any part of the body:

pain當名詞使用，可以用在任何身體部位上

I feel a pain in my leg

She's got a pain in her stomach

He has got a pain in his toe

You can use be or feel + ill/sick/unwell (adjective) or

feel + awful (adjective) to talk about your health in general:

概括描述病情時，可以用be或feel加上ill/sick/unwell，也可以用feel

awful

I feel ill

He feels awful

I'm sick

She's unwell

We're not well

Vocabulary: 詞匯

Morning, campers! (informal greeting to more than one person):

Good morning!

早啊!

My head's killing me (idiom): I've got a very bad headache

我的頭痛死了

A hangover (n): A headache from drinking a lot of alcohol

宿醉

A fry-up (n, informal): A meal made of fried foods (fried egg,

mushrooms, bacon etc)

油炸食物

To burn the midnight oil (idiom): To study or work until late at

night

熬夜工作

Who's for...? (offer, informal): Who wants...?

誰要...?

You're a pain in the neck (idiom): You're very annoying

你很煩人