純正地道美語第304期(外教講解):Allergies過敏
j.m: Argh...I feel terrible, I keep sneezing and my eyes are all watery, what's wrong with me? 啊，我感覺很糟糕，我一直在打噴嚏，眼睛也淚汪汪的，我怎麼了？
Tom: Wow, you're not dying are you, it looks like you have a cold, you should take some medicine. 哇，你有沒有怎麼樣，看上去你只是感冒了，你應該吃點藥。
Jim: I don't think it's a cold, I feel fine if I move a few feet away from my desk. 我不覺得這是感冒，我感覺如果我離開桌邊我會好些。
Tom: Maybe we should put you into quarantine, ha ha, jokes aside, I think you might have an allergy. 我覺得你應該被隔離起來，哈哈，說着玩呢。我想你可能是過敏了。
Jim: An allergy? I never thought about that, I don't think I'm allergic to pollen though and I'm desensitized to bee stings after being stung so many times, Hmm. . . 過敏？我沒有想過這個，儘管我被蜜蜂叮過很多次，可是我對蜜蜂已經沒有感覺了，我應該對花粉不過過敏的。
Jim: Ow! Why did you chuck that peanut at me? 你爲什麼拿着花生在我面前晃悠？
Tom: Just checking if you're allergic to peanuts, I guess not. 就是想知道你是不是對花生過敏，我想不過敏。
Jim: Not funny! I could have gone into Anaphylactic Shock. 別玩了！我可能會過敏性休克的。
Tom: Okay, my bad, how about dust? This office is full of it. 好的，我的錯，那灰塵呢，辦公室裏都是灰塵。
Jim: Yes the whole is office is dusty yet I only feel affected near our desks! 是的，整個辦公室都是灰塵，但是我只覺得在我們桌子旁不舒服！
Cat: Meow meow meow. 喵喵喵。
Jim: You brought your cat into the office?! 你把你的貓帶到辦公室來啦？！
Tom: Yes, it's Mr Snuffle's birthday today, I didn't want him to be alone on his special day! 是的，今天是打噴嚏先生的生日，我不希望他在他特別的這天感到孤單！
Jim: ACHOO! Argh, put it away, ACHOO! 阿嚏！啊，把它拿開，阿嚏！
Tom: I guess we found the problem, your allergic to cats! 我想我找到原因了，你對貓過敏！
desensitize vt. 使不敏感；使麻木不仁
anaphylactic adj. 過敏的；[醫] 過敏性的；導致過敏的
