赖世雄学英语第四册 lesson 24

　　[00:00.00]Lesson 24    Flu and Colds
[00:12.59]流感与感冒
[00:25.18]There's little escape from the common cold and influenza¹, better known as flu.
[00:30.17]普通感冒和流感都很难预防。
[00:35.16]Most adults in the United States get two or three colds a year,
[00:43.70]and children get six to ten. Flu is less com-mon.
[00:47.58]大多数成年美国人平均每年感冒2~3次，儿童是6~10次。
[00:51.46]On average, about 10 to 20 percent of Americans come down with it each year.
[00:56.39]流感的发病率没有这么高，平均每年有10% ~ 20%的美国人会患上流感。
[01:01.31]Viruses—tiny organisms that attach to your cells and repro-duce inside them—
[01:10.56]cause colds and flu.
[01:12.83]引发感冒和流感的病因是病毒——一些极微小的微生物，它们附着在人体细胞上，并在其中不断繁殖。
[01:15.10]Both illnesses spread easi-ly.
[01:20.27]Colds make you sneeze and cough, give you a runny nose and sore throat,
[01:29.13]and sometimes a headache and a slight fever.
[01:32.00]感冒的症状是打嗔嚏、咳嗽、流鼻涕、咽痛，有时还伴有头痛和低烧。
[01:34.88]Flu brings many of the same symptoms—only worse—
[01:41.54]and comes on like a runaway² truck.
[01:44.07]流感的症状有好多与感冒相同——只不过更为严重——而且像卡车突然失控一样发病突然。
[01:46.61]Now you may feel okay, but the next mi-nute you'll probably have a high fever
[01:55.44]dry cough, and aching muscles.
[01:58.11]刚刚还毫无征兆，转瞬之间就会出现高热、干咳、肌肉酸痛的症状。
[02:00.79]Flu can be deadly.
[02:02.78]流感的病情可能十分严重。
[02:04.76]On average, it kills 20,000 Americans yearly,
[02:12.52]mostly the elderly who often have health problems, such as heart disease.
[02:16.65]每年平均有两万美国人死于流感，大部分是患有心脏病等其他疾病的老年人。
[02:20.77]Flu virus strains change all the time,
[02:27.25]and every once in a while a super strain emerges
[02:33.50]to claim thousands of lives throughout the world.
[02:36.68]流感的类型不断变异，世界范围内每隔不久就会出现超级流感夺去数以千计的生命。
[02:39.87]While you can't always avoid getting a cold or Flu,
[02:46.82]you can do something to reduce the risk.
[02:49.69]虽然我们无法避免患上感冒或是流感，但我们可以采取措施降低风险。
[02:52.56]A flu vaccine³ may serve the pur-pose.
[02:55.35]注射流感疫苗就可以起到这种作用
[02:58.13]And staying healthy may aid you in getting over a cold or flu soon.
[03:02.31]同时，保持身体健康也可让你一旦得病后迅速康复。
[03:06.49]In a Clinic
[03:09.07]在诊所里
[03:11.66]A guy in my office got the flu the other day.
[03:14.63]前几天我办公室有个人得了流感，
[03:17.59]Today I seem to have come down with it, too.
[03:20.62]今天我好像也染上了。
[03:23.65]Very likely. You have a slight fever. Do you have a headache, too?
[03:27.67]有可能。你有点低烧。你头疼吗？
[03:31.70]Yes. I wonder if you could do something to help me re-cover soon,
[03:39.25]because I'll be on a business trip in two days.
[03:42.26]对。你能不能想点办法让我快点好，我两天后还得出差呢。
[03:45.28]Well, you have to let your flu run its course.
[03:48.06]你得让流感慢慢康复。
[03:50.84]You must stop working and stay in bed to get plenty of rest.
[03:54.27]你必须停止工作卧床充分休息。
[03:57.69]Usual-ly it will take 4 to 6 days to make a full recovery.
[04:01.11]通常要4~6天才能完全康复。
[04:04.53]But I'm going on a business trip in two days!
[04:07.65]可我两天后还得出差呢！
[04:10.78]Maybe you'll have to cancel it or postpone⁴ it.
[04:13.20]你恐怕得取消或推迟出差。
[04:15.63]If you go out while you are sick, it won't help you recover.
[04:18.61]生病的时候外出不利于你的康复，
[04:21.59]You may even pass your disease on to others.
[04:56.46]你甚至还可能把疾病传染给其他人。

1 influenza   

n.流行性感冒，流感

参考例句：

• They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.他们采取措施
• Influenza is an infectious disease.流感是一种传染病。

2 runaway   

n.逃走的人，逃亡，亡命者；adj.逃亡的，逃走的

参考例句：

• The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
• He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。

3 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

4 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。