英语博客：ESL Podcast 725 – Childhood Illnesses and Diseases

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　　Rebecca: You look exhausted¹! Another tough day at the daycare center?
Puneet: Yeah, it was. This is a record year for the kids getting sick. The chicken pox is going around. Last year, it was the measles². The year before that, it was the mumps³. This year, it’s the chicken pox.
Rebecca: You sent the kids home, right?
Puneet: Yeah, but today, a couple of the kids looked like they have pink eye, and I had to call their parents to let them know.
Rebecca: What happened to simple nosebleeds and earaches⁴?
Puneet: Oh, we have kids with those, too, but it’s the contagious⁵ diseases that really take its toll⁶. I’m not sure, but I think one of the little kids has strep throat, and a couple of the really little kids have croup. I wish there were a way to immunize all of them from every illness and disease out there.
Rebecca: Are you sure you’re working in a daycare center?
Puneet: Yeah, why?
Rebecca: Because it just sounds like you’re working at the Center for Disease Control. Tomorrow, I suggest wearing a gas mask to work.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse