【英语时差8,16】猪流感

There’s been a sharp increase in swine flu cases in the UK recently. So what do people think about it? Well I’ve had swine flu and you can probably still hear it a little bit in my throat so it was not too bad. I’ve had tonsillitis before and that was much much worse for me, I was iller for longer and I had more of a temperature. But this time with swine flu I had about a week of feeling quite ill but I didn’t feel like I was dying, I just felt rotten. My throat hurt, I had a cough, I had a terrible headache and a bit of a temperature. But I’ve had worse before and actually I’m quite pleased I’ve had it now because maybe it will boost my immunity¹. As swine flu is a respiratory disease and can be spread by coughing and sneezing, some people are trying not to go to crowded places. Yeah some friends of mine who live outside of London recently were really scared about coming to London and especially about going on public transport and the tube. They actually decided² instead of going by public transport to actually drive up to London. And I was kind of not worried at all because I come to London all the time. But they were all a bit nervous, especially because one of them’s pregnant so that’s why she’s especially nervous about it. I’m not that worried about swine flu, I think if people are just careful, they wash their hands, they cover their mouths when they sneeze, wash their hands after that, throw away their tissues, it should be fine. There’s no need to panic.

1 immunity   

n.优惠；免除；豁免，豁免权

参考例句：

• The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
• He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。