ESL Podcast 913 – Experiencing Motion Sickness

 　　Ashley: You don’t look so good. What’s wrong?

　　Terrell: I felt motion sickness watching that movie. The camera jerked around and it made me dizzy.

　　Ashley: It didn’t bother me. The hand-held camera used to film the movie had that effect on you?

　　Terrell: I’m susceptible¹ to motion sickness. You should see me on a boat. The rocking motion makes me seasick² and nauseous. When I was a kid, I used to get carsick every time my family took a road trip. My parents always had a barf bag ready.

　　Ashley: Wow, that sucks.

　　Terrell: Yeah, and don’t even try to get me on an airplane. Just the starting of the engines makes me feel airsick and looking down gives me vertigo³.

　　Ashley: So how do you travel?

　　Terrell: Very rarely and usually with one foot on the ground!

1 susceptible   

adj.过敏的，敏感的；易动感情的，易受感动的

参考例句：

• Children are more susceptible than adults.孩子比成人易受感动。
• We are all susceptible to advertising.我们都易受广告的影响。

2 seasick   

adj.晕船的

参考例句：

• When I get seasick,I throw up my food.我一晕船就呕吐。
• He got seasick during the voyage.在航行中他晕船。

3 vertigo   

n.眩晕

参考例句：

• He had a dreadful attack of vertigo.他忽然头晕得厉害。
• If you have vertigo it seems as if the whole room is spinning round you.如果你头晕，就会觉得整个房间都旋转起来