英文原版对话1000个:788 Diabetes

Todd: Hello, Mike.

Mike: Hey.

Todd: Now, Mike, you are diabetic.

Mike: That's right.

Todd: OK, so that means you have diabetes¹.

Mike: That's right.

Todd: Can you explain what diabetes is?

Mike: OK, basically, your body... everybody has an organ in their body called a pancreas. Your pancreas produces a hormone² called insulin and insulin coverts³ your body - the sugar you take into your body - it converts it into energy. Now all food you eat, all sugar.... all drinks you drink, they all are basically sugar. They have sugar in them, and they come into your body, it's digested and it changes into plain sugar. The insulin changes that sugar into energy, and then for diabetics their pancreas stops making insulin, so you body just collects all this sugar and it can't get rid of it, but it has no energy, like no fat, so diabetics would typically start to lose weight, and they're peeing... going to the bathroom all the time, and the reason is cause the excess sugar that's building up in their body.

Todd: Now this is something you've had since you were a child?

Mike: That's right. I've had it for over 25 years. I got it when I was about twelve years old.

Todd: Wait a minute! So you're not born with it? It just suddenly one day, you became diabetic.

Mike: That's right. Yeah. It's... They're not sure why. They still don't know but it's probably partly genetic⁴, so I think if you have it in your family there's a chance you can have it yourself and these days, people are, you know, getting it more and more.

Todd: Right, so how is your life different, that being a diabetic?

Mike: Well, of course, I have to be much more careful with my diet. I think probably the most important thing, if anybody's diabetic, listening to this, the most important thing is to make sure you're always checking your blood sugars, and making sure that your blood, that your blood sugar levels are controlled. That's the most important.

Todd: So, that's the main thing you have to do?

Mike: Yeah, absolutely.

Todd: And how do you check that?

Mike: Well, I have a.... it's called a glucometer, and you prick⁵ your finger with a little needle and the blood comes out, you put it on a little strip, and the strip goes in the glucometer and it gives you a reading of your blood-sugar level.

Todd: But basically you still have a normal life. You know, your life isn't different compared to normal people - other people's.

Mike: Yes.

Todd: Right.

Mike: Of course. Yeah, things are pretty much normal, except for me in general, but my lifestyle and everything else is the same.

Todd: Thanks, Mike.

Mike: Sure
 

1 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

2 hormone   

n.荷尔蒙，激素，内分泌

参考例句：

• Hormone implants are used as growth boosters.激素植入物被用作生长辅助剂。
• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body.这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。

3 coverts   

n.隐蔽的，不公开的，秘密的( covert的名词复数 )；复羽

参考例句：

• But personage inside story thinks, this coverts namely actually leave one's post. 但有知情人士认为，这实际上就是变相离职。 来自互联网

4 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

5 prick   

v.刺伤，刺痛，刺孔；n.刺伤，刺痛

参考例句：

• He felt a sharp prick when he stepped on an upturned nail.当他踩在一个尖朝上的钉子上时，他感到剧烈的疼痛。
• He burst the balloon with a prick of the pin.他用针一戳，气球就爆了。