BBC Olympic English 47 – ILLNESS生病
3-Minute English Lesson Script三分钟英语

Diarmuid: Hello and welcome to Olympic English from BBC Learning English. I’m Diarmuid.
Jean: And I’m Jean.
Diarmuid: Today’s lesson is all about illness.
Jean: 是的，在我们今天的节目中，我们要和大家集中学习一下形容生病的英语表达。 Now Diarmuid, what do we say if somebody looks ill?
Diarmuid: Well, we usually ask a question. So we can say: “What’s the matter?”
Jean: “What’s the matter?” “怎么了？ ”
Diarmuid: Or: “What’s wrong?”
Jean: “What’s wrong?” “有什么不对吗？ ”And how do we reply to that?
Diarmuid: Well, if we want to talk generally about not feeling well we can say “I feel unwell”.
Jean: “ I feel unwell” “我觉得不舒服 ”。
Diarmuid: Or “I don’t feel too good”.
Jean: “I don’t feel too good” “我觉得不太好受 ”Ok, but how about if I want to describe a pain in a particular part of my body?
Diarmuid: Well for some kinds of pain we can use the word ‘ache’...
Jean: Ok, so “I’ve got a headache” “我头痛 ”.
Diarmuid: Yes or “I’ve got a toothache”.
Jean: “I’ve got a toothache” “我牙痛”.
Diarmuid: or “I’ve got a stomach-ache”.
Jean: “I’ve got a stomach-ache” “我肚子痛 ”I see, and how do we talk about other parts of the body?
Diarmuid: Well, if we want to talk about pain in other parts of the body we often use the verb ‘hurt’.
Jean: I see. So I could say “My arm hurts” 我的胳膊痛 .
Diarmuid: That’s right or “My neck hurts”.
Jean: “My neck hurts” 我的脖子痛 .

Example 1

A: What’s the matter?
B: I’ve got a backache.
A: Oh you should have a rest then!

Example 2

A: What’s wrong?
B: I’ve hurt my foot.
A: Let’s go to the doctor then.

Diarmuid: Very good. You might also want to describe some symptoms of your illness.
Jean:你可能还需要形容你的一些症状。
Diarmuid: Yes so we might say “I’ve got a bad cough”.
Jean: “I’ve got a bad cough” 我咳嗽得很厉害。
Diarmuid: That’s right, or you could also say “I’ve got a sore throat”.
Jean: “I’ve got a sore throat” 我的喉咙肿痛 . Well with those symptoms you might have a cold then?
Diarmuid: That’s right, so then we could say “I’ve caught a cold”.
Jean: “I’ve caught a cold” 我得了感冒了 and that’s very different from “I’m cold” 我觉得冷 isn’t it?
Diarmuid: It is indeed and in fact Jean, all this talk has made me feel a bit unwell!
Jean: Oh dear! You’d better go and lie down then Diarmuid!
Diarmuid: I think I will! So we hope to see you all next time too as that’s all from BBC Olympic English for today. So, see you soon with more elementary English. See you next time.


Dialogue 1 对话:
Yang: Oh you look awful! What’s the matter?
Tom: Oh! I feel really under the weather. I’ve got a sore throat and a bad cough
Yang: Oh dear. Maybe you’ve caught a cold
Tom: Yes, I’ve had lots of overtime to do recently and I haven’t slept much at all.
Yang: Well then, you should get some rest this weekend and don’t go out drinking.
Tom: Yes, I think you’re right!

Dialogue 2 对话:
Doctor: Hello -what can I do for you today?
Patient: Well, I’ve got a terrible stomach-ache and I keep needing the toilet.
Doctor: I see. Well, with those symptoms maybe you’ve got food poisoning. What have you eaten recently?
Patient: Well, I went to a seafood restaurant last night and I ate lots of oysters.
Doctor: Hmm. It may be those then,  especially if they were raw. Well I’ll give you these tablets and you should feel fine by tomorrow.
Patient: Ok. Thank you very much.


Key Phrases关键词语

What’s the matter? 怎么了？
What’s wrong? 有什么不对吗？
I don’t feel well. 我觉得不舒服。
I’ve got a headache. 我头痛。
My neck hurts. 我脖子痛。
I’ve got a cough. 我咳嗽。
I’ve caught a cold. 我得感冒了。

Summary Table句型小结

What’s wrong? 有什么不对吗？
the matter? 怎么了？

Summary Table句型小结

I’ve got a sore throat 我的喉咙肿痛。
a headache 我头痛。
a cough 我咳嗽。

Summary Table句型小结

My leg hurts 我的腿痛。
neck 我的脖子痛。
foot 我的脚痛。


NOTES注释

1) 我们一般使用名词
‘ache’来形容那种反复的跳痛和抽痛，不是剧痛但是很有持续性的痛。
“I’ve got a headache”
2) 我们一般使用动词
‘hurt’来形容那种身体某一部位的更明确也更剧烈的痛楚。“My knee
hurts”
3) 我们通常把药店叫做
‘a chemist’
4) 在英语中
‘a hospital’一般表示那种可以收留住院的医院。而那种去看病并接受简单治疗的地
方，我们通常叫它 ‘the doctor’s’ 或者 ‘the surgery’. 请不要和动词‘to have surgery’产生混淆，
‘to have surgery’可是做手术的意思！
Vocabulary词汇

1. Doctor 医生
6. Overtime 加班
2. Leg 腿
7. Oyster 蚝
3. Neck 脖颈
8. Food Poisoning 食物中毒
4. Arm 胳膊
9. Patient 病人
5. Foot 脚
10. A Cold 感冒
Practice练习
Who would say the following? Patient or Doctor?

1. What’s the matter?
2. I’ve got a sore throat.
3. I don’t feel well.
4. My neck hurts.
5. Come back and see me next week.
6. You should have a rest.
7. I’ve caught a cold.

Answer Key 答案

1. Doctor
2. Patient
3. Patient
4. Patient
5. Doctor
6. Doctor
7. Patient