2014年ESL之就医和人际交往 14 Having Breathing Problems

 

Having Breathing Problems 

Russ: Why are you wheezing¹ like that? 

Cheryl: I’m not wheezing. I’m just a little short of breath. My lungs feel like they’ve closed up. 

Russ: Maybe you should get that checked out. You could have asthma². 

Cheryl: Do you really think so? My nasal passages have been stopped up, so I just thought I had a bad cold. My sinuses hurt, too. 

Russ: I’m not a doctor, but you may have something more serious, maybe bronchitis or pneumonia³. You need a chest x-ray or something. 

Cheryl: Wow, so this could be something really serious? 

Russ: Why do you sound hopeful that you have a serious condition? 

Cheryl: I’m not. That would be stupid. 

Russ: And yet, you sounded positively⁴ giddy that you might be laid up for a couple of weeks. Does this have anything to do with your upcoming business trip to Abrahamville? 

Cheryl: If you had to go to Abrahamville, wouldn’t you wish for an out, too – any out? 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 wheezing   

v.喘息，发出呼哧呼哧的喘息声( wheeze的现在分词 )；哮鸣

参考例句：

• He was coughing and wheezing all night. 他整夜又咳嗽又喘。
• A barrel-organ was wheezing out an old tune. 一架手摇风琴正在呼哧呼哧地奏着一首古老的曲子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 asthma   

n.气喘病，哮喘病

参考例句：

• I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
• Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。

3 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

4 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。