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How to say “The bird flu virus is spreading quickly among human beings.” in Chinese: 禽流感病毒很快地在人类间散布。Qin2 liu2 gan3 bing4 du2 hen3 kuai4 zai4 ren2 lei4 jian1 san4 bu4. Qin2 liu2 gan3 (禽 qin2 means bird, 流感 liu2 gan3 is liu2 xing2 xing4 gan3 mao4 for short, which means flu. so, qin2 liu2 gan3 means bird flu) bing4 du2 (病毒 noun, virus) hen3 kuai4 (很 hen3, adverb, very; 快 kuai4 adjective, fast; hen3 kuai4 together functions as an adverb phrase- very fast, quickly) di5 (地 particle, usually put after an adverb phrase and before the verb) zai4 (在 preposition word, at) ren2 lei4 (人类noun, human beings) jian1 (间 preposition, among, between) san4 bu4 (散布 verb phrase, spread).
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Germs (细菌 xi4 jun4 or 病菌 Bing jun4) are all over the world (世界 shi4 jie4); they live in all kinds of places. They are in your nostril (鼻孔 bi2 kong3), on your shoes laces (鞋带 xie2 dai4), and on your eye lashes (眼睫毛yan3 jie2 mao2) too. Those germ troops invade (入侵 ru4 qin1) others’ territory (领土 ling3 tu3), including yours too. You don’t necessarily feel them on you, unless you use microscope (显微镜 xian3 wei2 jing4) as your mirror (镜子 jing4 zi5) all the time. Sometimes we live happily with germs (maybe not happily, but at least peacefully), but, sometimes they just make us sick a lot.
Bacteria (细菌 xi4 jun4) are those tiny, one-celled (单细胞 dan1 xi4 bao1) creatures that take nutrients (营养 ying2 yang3) from where they live to stay germly alive; they can reproduce anywhere at an amazing speed. When germs come to our body, they gave us infections (感染 gan3 ran3 or 发炎 fa1 yan2). The symptom (症状 zheng4 zhuang4) of infections can be sore throats (喉咙疼痛hou2 long2 teng2 tong4), ear infections ( 眼腈发炎 yan3 jing1 fa1 yan2), cavities (蛀牙 zhu4 ya2), and pink eyes (红眼腈 hong2 yan3 jing1). The favorite color of germs must be pink or red:) Imagine the red sore throat, red swollen (红肿 hong2 zhong3) eyes and red nose tip after bad tissue wiping of snot (鼻涕 bi2 ti4)?
Nothing in this world is all bad, so there are some good bacteria too. Some bacteria are necessary (必须的 bi4 xu1 de5) for keeping human body in good balance (平衡 ping2 heng2). For example, those yogurt you ate or the germs in our intestines (肠子 chang2 zi5), they all help us better absorb (吸收 xi1 shou1) the nutrients in the food and make the waste come out easily. We need germs to live happily and lightly. Some bacteria are heroes (英雄 ying1 xiong2), like the germs in the labs (实验室 shi2 yan4 shi4), they are used to produce medicines (药品 yao4 pin3) and vaccines (预防针 yu4 fang2 zhen1).
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Next, let’s learn types of flu:
Type A flu or influenza
A 型流行性感冒 or A型流感
A xing2 xing4 gan3 mao4 or A xing2 gan3 mao4
Type B flu or influenza
B 型流行性感冒 or B型流感
B xing2 xing4 gan3 mao4 or B xing2 gan3 mao4
Type A and B cause the annual influenza epidemics that have up to 20% of the population got sick in the world.
Type C flu or influenza
C 型流行性感冒 or C型流感
C xing2 xing4 gan3 mao4 or C xing2 gan3 mao4
Type C also causes flu; however, type C flu symptoms are much less severe.
Bird flu or Avian flu
禽流感 (qin2 liu2 gan3)
The avian (niao3 de5, adjective) influenza virus causes bird flu. Birds can be infected by influenza A viruses and all of its subtypes. Yet birds are not capable of carrying either type B or C of the influenza viruses.
Swine flu
猪流感 (Zhu1 liu2 gan3)
The term “swine flu” refers to influenza in pigs, for zhu1 means pigs. Occasionally, pigs transmit influenza viruses to people, mainly hog farm workers and veterinarians. Less often, but still possible, someone got infected occupationally passed the infection to others. However we won’t catch swine flu from eating pork.
Hope you stay fit and healthy during the coldest month of the year! Hope you won’t have to see a doctor in this year !
So, this video is just in case.
Learn Chinese , Visiting a Doctor in Chinese
Next, a song; yes a song:)
YODELICE – Sunday with A Flu – Lyrics
Last, something funny to end a sick day or weeks?
Funniest Flu Shot Commercial Ever!