How to avoid an unpleasant sickness
預防「胃流感」有妙方！ 如何避免這個惱人的疾病
Stomach flu is one of the most unpleasant of the common diseases. It spreads easily, which can make it hard to avoid. That's especially true if someone in your family has it. Stomach flu is caused by a virus, but not the same one that causes regular flu. Because it's caused by a virus, there's no medicine to make it go away. But there are some things you can do to avoid catching it.
You can prevent stomach flu by washing your hands often. Use hot water and soap, and spend time scrubbing. Using hand sanitizer is better than nothing, but it isn't very effective against stomach flu. That's because hand sanitizer mostly kills bacteria, not viruses.
The virus that causes stomach flu is hard to kill. Normal cleaners won't always get rid of it. But cleaning your house can stop you from catching it. So mix bleach with water, and use that to clean surfaces. If someone in your family is sick, focus on cleaning things that person has touched.
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Are you coming down with something?
Hi, friends. Welcome to Info Cloud. Have you ever heard someone say that they are coming down with something?
Or how about: Be careful, there's something going around?
I bet you wonder what that something was. Don't worry. We're here to explain. The something we're talking about is sickness, some kind of contagious illness.
"Something" is a general word. If someone says there is something going around, it is a way to say that many people are getting sick, but maybe they aren't sure what they are actually getting sick with.
The "around" part of this phrase indicates that the sickness is contagious. It can be passed from one person to the other. Rex, are there a lot of illnesses going around your kids' school?
Absolutely. There is always something going around. It seems my kids catch a bug almost every month.
Ooh, that's another great phrase. To catch a bug means that you caught a contagious illness. The "bug" here isn't an insect, but it's a way to talk about the bacteria or virus that caused you to become sick. (Coughing).
Manya, you've been coughing all morning. Are you coming down with something?
I hope not. But if I've caught a bug, I need to get home and rest.
當你看到有人在咳嗽或是打噴嚏，你可以問他: Are you coming down with something? 在這裡，something 指的就是病毒或是疾病。coming down 有落下或是倒下的涵義，Are you coming down with something? 就是你是不是要生病了；如果確定生病了，你可以用 catch a bug 來形容。Peter caught a bug recently. Peter最近生病了。bug 字面上是蟲子，在這句話裡面代表病毒。如果到了流感季節或者最近大家都在感冒，你可以說: There is something going around. 在這裡 something 又出現了，going around就有傳來傳去的涵義。There is something going around. 就是有病毒正在大流行。
Language Lab
disease n. 疾病 (傳染病、遺傳疾病)
an illness that affects a person, animal, or plant : a condition that prevents the body or mind from working normally
- Anita had an infectious disease and was kept in a separate room.
Anita 因為得了傳染病，所以被安置在另外一個房間。
a problem that a person, group, organization, or society has and cannot stop 遺傳病、社群中或社會裡的負面現象或惡疾
- Several members of that family have the same genetic disease.
那個家族有幾位成員都有相同的遺傳疾病。
- Racism is often called a social disease.
種族歧視常被稱作為一種社會疾病。
virus n. 病毒
an extremely small particle that causes a disease and that spreads from one person or animal to another; a disease or illness caused by a virus : a viral disease
- Because the flu is caused by a virus, taking antibiotics won’t work.
流感是病毒造成的，所以吃抗生素是沒有用的。
- Health experts are doing everything they can to stop the spreading of the virus.
衛生專家正想盡辦法，來阻止病毒的散播。
computers : a program that is designed to harm a computer by deleting data, ruining files, etc., and that can be spread secretly from one computer to another 電腦病毒
- There are several ways to protect your laptop from computer viruses.
要防止筆電中毒有好幾種方式。
unavoidable adj.
not able to be prevented or avoided
- The accident was unavoidable.
hand sanitizer n.乾洗手用的洗手液
a liquid for washing your hands in order to get rid of harmful bacteria from them
sanitizer n.消毒劑
/ˈsæn.ə.taɪ.zɚ/
a liquid for washing your hands in order to get rid of harmful bacteria from them:
- After Holly wiped the counter, she sprayed it with a sanitizer.
Holly 擦完檯面後，就噴了一些消毒劑。
sanitize v. 消毒
/ˈsænəˌtaɪz/
- The employees had to clean and sanitize the restroom every two hours.
員工們必須兩個小時去清理並消毒洗手間。
sanitary adj. 衛生的
/ˈsænəˌteri/
- It’s not sanitary to use the same cutting board for both cooked and uncooked foods.
用同一個砧板來切熟食跟生食是很不衛生的。
sanitation n. 衛生設施或設備
/ˌsænəˈteɪʃən/
- The restaurant got into a lot of trouble because its sanitation standards were horrible.
那家餐館碰到很多麻煩，因為它的衛生條件很糟糕。
bacteria n. 菌、細菌
any one of a group of very small living things that often cause disease — usually plural
- Keeping the food in this special container protects it from bacteria.
把食物保存在這個特別的保鮮盒裡可以避免細菌跑進去。
也可指好的菌
- To have good health, our bodies need good bacteria.
為了健康，我們的身體須要有好菌。
bacterial adj.
/bækˈtirijəl/
- We need to keep things clean in order to prevent any bacterial infection.
為了避免細菌感染，我們必須要保持清潔。
scrub v.
/ˈskrʌb/
to rub (something) hard with a rough object or substance and often with soap in order to clean it
- She scrubbed the potatoes.
