Disease and Symptoms
疾病和症狀
influenze
flu virus / influenza virus
germ 病菌
bacteria 細菌
virus 病毒

flu 流感
cold 感冒
pneumonia 肺炎
cancer 癌症
tumor 腫瘤
aids 愛滋病
chicken pox 水痘
food poisoning 食物中毒
diabetes 糖尿病

My daughter came down with the chicken pox.
我女兒染上了水痘。

My sister got food poisoning when she ate at that restaurant.
我妹妹是因為在那間餐廳用餐而食物中毒的。

contagious 傳染性的
infection 感染 (名詞)
to transmit 傳播;傳染
to infect 感染 (動詞)

I don't want to catch a cold! *
我可不想得到感冒!

*'catch' is normally used with contagious illnesses like the flu and cold

Expressions

I'm feeling a little under the weather.
我覺得有點不舒服。

vaccine 疫苗
to vaccinate 接種疫苗
immune system 免疫系統
immunity 免疫力

Have you been vaccinated against the swine flu?
你有接種過預防豬流感的疫苗嗎?

allergy 過敏

Kyle is allergic to peanuts.
凱爾對花生過敏 。

epidemic 流行性疾病

The flu epidemic of 1918 killed between 50 and 100 million people.
1918年爆發的流感疫情導致大約五千萬至一億人死亡。

Symptoms 症狀
fever 發燒
headache 頭痛
chills 寒顫
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to shiver 顫抖;發抖
to sneeze 打噴嚏

Have you ever sneezed three times in a row?
你有沒有過連續打三個噴嚏的經驗?

-bless you
祝福你

to cough 咳嗽 (動詞)
cough 咳嗽 (名詞)
a fit of coughing 一陣咳嗽
runny nose 流鼻涕
congestion (鼻腔)阻塞

my nose is stopped up
我的鼻子塞住了。

sore throat 喉嚨痛
dizziness 頭暈
vertigo 眩暈;暈眩

I'm feeling kind of dizzy.
我感到有點頭暈。