雙語脫口秀《老外來了》:主播Selah自述：新冠感染到自愈全過程

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主播：Selah |翩翩

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1.美國熱搜：“動圖”的創(chuàng)造者，因新冠去世

“動圖”（GIF)的創(chuàng)造者史蒂夫·威爾海特（Stephen Wilhite），因感染新冠于當(dāng)?shù)貢r間3月24日去世，終年74歲。

對于“GIF之父”的去世，美國網(wǎng)友們netizens紛紛留言：

“I sawStephen Wilhitedied but I didn’t know it was form COVID. Terrible, man. This demon has robbed us of so much.”

“我看到了史蒂夫去世的消息，但我沒想是因為新冠。太可怕了，這個惡魔奪走了我們太多?！?/p>

還有網(wǎng)友在感嘆：

“People are still dying from COVID 19...”

“新冠病毒依舊在奪人性命……”

2.Selah:我也感染了！

Selah前段時間也感染了新冠，說起自己中招的經(jīng)歷，她是這么說的：

In January of this year, Ifinallygot COVID.

為什么要說“finally”（終于得了）？Why？

Selah幽默地解釋道：

因為她的家人、朋友都感染過新冠，she was the last one. She was just waiting her turn.（在等著啥時候輪到自己）

我們今天就聊聊“Selah感染新冠”這事兒，教大家學(xué)會“疫情”相關(guān)詞匯。

建議學(xué)習(xí)方式：邊聽音頻，邊看文稿，邊做筆記。

新冠肺炎：COVID—19

變異毒株：variant/?v?ri?nt/

奧密克戎：Omicron/?ɑ?m?krɑ?n/

●怎么感染的？How did I get COVID?

I am not sure how I got it.自己都不知道是怎么感染的。

因為Omicronis even more tricky（病毒特別狡猾），并且是contagious，在很多的地方都有可能接觸到。It could have been school, work, or travel.

*tricky/?tr?ki/adj.狡猾的

*contagious /k?n?te?d??s/adj.（疾病）接觸傳染的

●怎么發(fā)現(xiàn)的? How did I discover I had COVID?

I went to bed the night before very tired and with a bit ofa sore throat.前一天晚上嗓子疼。

第二天醒來的后，Ihad a fever.（發(fā)燒了）Ihad a runny noseandmy throat really hurt.

*sore throat嗓子疼

*have a fever發(fā)燒

*have a runny nose流鼻涕

*my throat really hurt嗓子超疼

于是，Selah讓室友幫忙go to thepharmacy，買了at-home test kit（新冠自測盒）,每盒大約是20-30美金。

I took it and it waspositivealmost immediately.很靈敏，立馬顯示positive（陽性）。

In case,又試了另一個，and it was also positive。

*pharmacy /?fɑ:rm?si/ n.藥房

*at-home test kit新冠自測盒

*positive /?pɑ?z?t?v/ adj.陽性

*in case以防萬一

●當(dāng)時有什么癥狀? What were my feelings andsymptoms?

Ihad a high feverfor about 3 days, and the first two, I was verynauseous.發(fā)高燒3天，頭兩天惡心。

I keptthrowing upfor 2 days,and felt sodizzyandtired.吐了兩天，并且感到頭暈、乏力。

Then myfeverfinallybroke, and I felt better besides feeling tired.退燒后，感覺好多了，但還是乏力。

上周，Vip在澳洲也感染了新冠，他感覺tasteless（失去味覺了），Selah倒是沒有出現(xiàn)這個symptom。（樂觀的Selah風(fēng)趣地說，得再得一次，看看會不會tasteless）

*symptom /?s?mpt?m/ n.癥狀

*have a high fever發(fā)高燒

*nauseous /?n?:??s/ adj.惡心的

*throw up嘔吐

*dizzy/?d?zi/ adj.頭暈的

*my fever broke退燒了

●有后遺癥嗎？Did I have post-COVID symptoms?

I felt I had“COVID-brain”for maybe a week after.之后的一周，感覺“COVID-brain”，

“COVID-brain”的表現(xiàn)是：感覺very tired，不能focus,不能think.

My brain was like turned off.大腦好像罷工了。

Selah還屬于輕癥（mild case），有很多像Selah一樣感染新冠的人，出現(xiàn)了中等癥狀（medium symptoms）。如果是重癥（serious cases），就得去醫(yī)院就診了。

*新冠后遺癥：post-COVID symptoms

*輕癥：mild case

*中等癥狀：medium symptoms

*重癥：serious cases

●當(dāng)時打了疫苗嗎？Did I get vaccinated？

Igot vaccinatedand got bothdoses.接種過疫苗，兩針都打了。

The funny story is:

The day I got COVID was the same day I had an appointment to get myboostershot.

感染新冠的這天，恰巧是要去打加強(qiáng)針的那天。

線上取消加強(qiáng)針預(yù)約時，在取消理由一欄，只好寫：

I got COVID positivetest.

*get vaccinated接種疫苗

*dose/do?s/ n.一劑

*appointment /??p??ntm?nt/ n.預(yù)約

*booster/?bu:st?r/ n.加強(qiáng)針

● 我們是這么隔離的。How was being in quarantine?

I had to be inquarantinefor 5 full days, in my own room.在自己房間隔離5整天。

因為和其他3個女孩一起住, so I only left my room to use the bathroom（只是要去洗手間的時候才出門），and I was the only one to use the bathroom，洗手間是和舍友分開用。

●吃飯怎么解決呢？How did I have meals？

My roommates brought it up to me for every meal.每頓都由舍友幫忙送。

但因為食欲不振，還nauseous（惡心），so I don’t eat them often。

Because I felt so sick, quarantine was not too bad.因為身體不舒服，所以覺得居家隔離，在床上躺著（lay in bed）還不錯。

但是，后面兩天身體好轉(zhuǎn)后，I got very bored of watching TV and being by myself.憋壞了，太無聊了。

●耽誤上學(xué)了嗎？Did it affect my schooling?

得新冠期間, I still had to do school and homework online, even though I was sick.盡管不舒服，還得在網(wǎng)上聽課、寫作業(yè)。

●隔離期間出門了嗎？Did I go out during the quarantine period?

One night, I had asocial distanced dinnerwith my roommates outside.

和室友出去吃了social distanced dinner（“保持一定社交距離”的晚餐）。

在美國，感染新冠，沒人告訴你what you can or can not do。隔離期間，還可以出去跟朋友一起在室外吃飯，只是要保持一定的distance。美國人把這個叫做social distanced dinner。

Selah有一個室友在nursing school（護(hù)理學(xué)院），身邊有很多old patients（上了年紀(jì)的病人），為了不infecther（傳染給她），和室友是隔了6英尺（約1.8m）坐的。

●怎么治療的? How did I feel better?

I felt better by taking medicine and resting.通過吃藥、休息恢復(fù)。

只是吃了一些感冒常用藥，比如退燒藥（fever-reducing medication），來讓自己癥狀緩解。

●什么時候解除隔離的呢？When could I return to school?

如果I was 24-hours fever free withouttakingfever reducing medication（不吃退燒藥，24小時內(nèi)不燒的話），就可以return to school。

而且，回到學(xué)校后，至少是要wear a mask（戴口罩）for a week。

Selah還年輕，感染后比較容易survive，但如果是年紀(jì)大的人，或者是有基礎(chǔ)疾病的人感染了，就會是more risky and dangerous。

總之呢，就像美國網(wǎng)友說的，people are still dying from COVID。如果落到任何一個家庭里，都是承擔(dān)不起的代價。希望大家在疫情期間，戴好口罩，做好防護(hù)。

希望每一個人都可以：

Stay safe！Stay healthy and take care of each other!