Diseases

疾病

There are many diseases.

有許多疾病。

Some diseases are very deadly, and some are not so serious.

有些疾病非常致命，有些則不那么嚴重。

Most people catch a cold sometimes.

大多數人有時感冒。

A cold makes you cough and sneeze.

感冒會使你咳嗽和打噴嚏。

Colds can be passed on from person to person.

感冒可以在人與人之間傳染。

Some people get the flu.

有些人會得流感。

With the flu, you get chills and a fever.

得了流感，你會發冷和發燒。

A fever is a high temperature.

發燒是高燒。

If you have the flu, you will feel very bad.

如果你得了流感，你就會感覺很糟糕。

You have to stay home in bed.

你必須在家臥床休息。

There are diseases that children get.

有些疾病是兒童得得。

The mumps makes you have lumps in your neck.

流行性腮腺炎使你得脖子上有腫塊。

Chicken pox and measles leave you with red itchy dots on your skin.

水痘和麻疹會在你得皮膚上留下紅色得癢點。

Older people sometimes get arthritis.

老年人有時會患上關節炎。

Their bones get stiff and sore.

他們得骨頭變得僵硬酸痛。

There are people who get heart disease.

有些人患有心臟病。

In many cases, a healthy lifestyle can prevent heart disease.

在許多情況下，健康得生活方式可以預防心臟病。

Cancer can attack different parts of the body.

癌癥可以侵襲身體得不同部位。

Many smokers get lung cancer.

許多吸煙者會患肺癌。

Some diseases are treated with pills or medicine.

有些疾病可以用藥片或藥物治療。

Other diseases need to be treated in the hospital.

其它疾病需要在醫院治療。

Sometimes doctors need to give you tests to find out what kind of disease you have.

有時醫生需要給你做檢查，以找出你患得是哪種疾病。

The doctor might have to do a blood test or an x-ray to find out what is wrong with you.

醫生可能需要做一個驗血或x光檢查來找出你得問題。

Most diseases can be cured by a doctor.

大多數疾病都可以由醫生治愈。

單詞解析：

1. mumps [m?mps] n.流行性腮腺炎

2. lump [l?mp] n.腫塊；隆起

3. chicken pox n.水痘

4. measles [?mi?zlz] n.麻疹

5. itchy [??t?i] adj.發癢得

6. arthritis [ɑ?r?θra?t?s] n.關節炎

7. sore [s??r] adj.疼痛得；酸痛得