The english we speak(BBC教學)第63期: man flu男士流感

Jen: Hello, I'm Jennifer. Welcome to The English We Speak. I'm joined today by Li. Hi Li!

珍：大家好，我是珍妮佛。歡迎來到我們所說的英語。今天和我一起的是李。你好，李！

Li: Hi Jen!

李：你好珍！

Jen: I thought that Neil was supposed to be joining me today - where is he?

珍：我以爲尼爾今天會和我一起呢，他去哪了？

Li: Oh Jen, haven't you heard? He's very, very sick. I heard the boss saying he has man flu!

李：哦珍，你沒聽說嗎？他病的非常非常重。我聽老闆說他得了男士流感！

Jen: Man flu! That's probably correct.

珍：男士流感！那太正確了。

Li: Is man flu very contagious? Perhaps we had better clean all of our desks in case we get infected too?

李：男士流感是傳染性的嘛？或許我們最好清理一下所有的桌子以防我們也被傳染了？

Jen: No, I think we'll be OK, Li.

珍：不，我覺得沒事的，李。

Li: No... I think that we should all go to the doctor's to see if we can get an immunisation.

李：不，我覺得我們應該都去醫院看看我們能不能打免疫針。

Jen: I really wouldn't worry too much about it.

珍：我真的不太擔心這個。

Li: But Jen, you should take it more seriously! All types of flu are very bad - it can leave you very sick for many weeks!

李：但是珍，你應該更加嚴肅的對待！所有類型的流感都很糟糕——它可以讓你生病很多個星期！

Jen: Well, proper flu can, yes. Flu is short for influenza, which is a very infectious virus. It can cause fever, headaches, coughing... And some strains, or types of flu, can cause death!

珍：正常的流感可以，是的。流感是流行性感冒的簡寫，是一種可傳染的病毒。它可以導致發燒，頭疼，咳嗽....而且一些菌株或一些類型的病毒可以導致死亡！

Li: Death! Oh, I don't want Neil to die. Should we send him some flowers?

李：死亡！哦，我不想尼爾死去。我們是不是該給他送一些花？

Jen: Hold on a second. Neil won't die. Man flu is a bit different to normal flu. In fact, it's not even a real virus.

珍：等一下。尼爾不會死的。男士感冒和普通的流感不一樣。事實上，它甚至都不是真正的病毒。

Li: So what is man flu, then?

李：那麼男士流感是什麼？

Jen: In English, when a man gets a minor cold or perhaps a sore throat, many women refer to it as man flu.

珍：在英語中，當一個男人得了小小的感冒或者也許嗓子疼，很多女人把它叫做男士流感。

Li: Why?

李：爲什麼？

Jen: Well, lots of men tend to exaggerate their symptoms when they have a minor illness; in other words, they make it sound worse than it actually is.

珍：很多男人得了小病後習慣於誇大他們的症狀，換句話說，他們讓疾病聽起來比事實糟糕。

Li: I see! So when the boss said that Neil had man flu, she meant that he had a small cold, but is exaggerating his symptoms.

李：我懂了！所以當老闆說尼爾得了男士流感，她的意思是他得了小感冒，但是卻在誇大他的症狀。

Jen: That's right!

珍：說得對！

Li: Well, I want to talk to him. I'm going to phone him right now and get him to come into work.

李：我想和他談談。我要現在給他打電話，然後讓他來工作。

Jen: Oh dear...

珍：哦親愛的...

Li: Hello Neil, yes, I've heard you're very sick... Yes, yes, that's terrible. I just wanted to let you know that we're having a party in the office tonight, and I'm going to bring lots of lovely food and cakes for everyone. It's a shame you can't make it because you're too sick... Oh, oh really? OK then!

李：你好尼爾，是的，我聽說你病得很重...是，是，太糟糕了。我只是想讓你知道我們今晚在辦公室有一個派對，而且我要給大家帶來很多美味的食物和蛋糕。很可惜你不能來因爲你病得太重了...哦，哦真的嗎？那麼好的！

Li: He's coming into work now.

李：他現在要來工作了。

Jen: Why did you tell him we're having a party?

珍：你爲什麼告訴他我們有派對？

Li: I thought if I told him there was going to be food and cakes that he might decide to come into work, after all!

李：我覺得如果我告訴他有食物和蛋糕，他畢竟也許會決定來工作！

Jen: Wow, Li, I think you've just found a cure for man flu - cake!

珍：哇，李，我覺得你剛剛找到了治療男士流感的處方——蛋糕！

Li: Just call me Doctor Li!

李：請叫我李醫生！

Jen: Join us again for another edition of The English We Speak from . Bye for now!

珍：加入我們來獲取其他版本的我們所說的英語。再見了！

Li: Bye!

李：再見！