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 A:    What’s wrong with you? Why are you scratching
       so much?

 B:     I feel itchy! I can’t stand it anymore! I think I
        may be coming down with something.  I feel light-
        headed and weak.

 A:     Let me have a look. Whoa! Get away from me!

 B:    What’s wrong?

 A:     I think you have chicken pox! You are contagious¹!
       Get away! Don’t breathe on me!

 B:     Maybe it’s just a rash or an allergy²! We can’t be
       sure until I see a doctor.
 A:    Well in the meantime you are a biohazard! I didn’t
       get it when I was a kid and I’ve heard that you can
       even die if you get it as an adult!

 B:    Are you serious? You always blow things out of
        proportion. In any case, I think I’ll go take an oat-
        meal bath.

 A:     Ewww!

1 contagious   

adj.传染性的，有感染力的

参考例句：

• It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
• He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。

2 allergy   

n.(因食物、药物等而引起的)过敏症

参考例句：

• He developed an allergy to pollen.他对花粉过敏。
• The patient had an allergy to penicillin.该患者对青霉素过敏。