我得新冠了！——主播Selah自述：新冠感染到自愈全过程

一席英语·脱口秀：老外来了

主播：Selah | 翩翩

音乐：Hero

1. 美国热搜：“动图”的创造者，因新冠去世

“动图”（GIF) 的创造者史蒂夫·威尔海特（Stephen Wilhite），因感染新冠于当地时间3月24日去世，终年74岁。

对于“GIF之父”的去世，美国网友们netizens纷纷留言：

“I saw Stephen 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，但我没想是因为新冠。太可怕了，这个恶魔夺走了我们太多。”

还有网友在感叹：

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

“新冠病毒依旧在夺人性命……”

2. Selah: 我也感染了！

Selah前段时间也感染了新冠，说起自己中招的经历，她是这么说的：

In January of this year, I finallygot COVID.

为什么要说“finally”（终于得了）？Why？

Selah幽默地解释道：

因为她的家人、朋友都感染过新冠，she was the last one. She was just waiting her turn.（在等着啥时候轮到自己）

我们今天就聊聊“Selah感染新冠”这事儿，教大家学会“疫情”相关词汇。

建议学习方式：边听音频，边看文稿，边做笔记。

新冠肺炎：COVID—19

变异毒株：variant/ˈværiənt/

奥密克戎：Omicron/ˈɑːməkrɑːn/

● 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。

因为Omicron is even more tricky（病毒特别狡猾），并且是contagious，在很多的地方都有可能接触到。It could have been school, work, or travel.

*tricky /ˈtrɪki/ adj. 狡猾的

*contagious /kənˈteɪdʒəs/ adj. （疾病）接触传染的

● 怎么发现的? 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。

第二天醒来的后，I had a fever.（发烧了）I had a runny noseand my throat really hurt.

*sore throat嗓子疼

*have a fever发烧

*have a runny nose流鼻涕

*my throat really hurt 嗓子超疼

于是，Selah让室友帮忙go to the pharmacy，买了at-home test kit（新冠自测盒）, 每盒大约是20-30美金。

I took it and it was positivealmost immediately. 很灵敏，立马显示positive（阳性）。

In case, 又试了另一个，and it was also positive。

*pharmacy /ˈfɑ:rməsi/ n. 药房

*at-home test kit 新冠自测盒

*positive /ˈpɑːzətɪv/ adj. 阳性

*in case 以防万一

● 当时有什么症状? What were my feelings and symptoms?

I had a high feverfor about 3 days, and the first two, I was very nauseous.发高烧3天，头两天恶心。

I kept throwing up for 2 days, and felt so dizzyand tired.吐了两天，并且感到头晕、乏力。

Then my feverfinally broke, and I felt better besides feeling tired. 退烧后，感觉好多了，但还是乏力。

上周，Vip在澳洲也感染了新冠，他感觉tasteless（失去味觉了），Selah倒是没有出现这个symptom。（乐观的Selah风趣地说，得再得一次，看看会不会tasteless）

*symptom /ˈsɪmptəm/ n. 症状

*have a high fever 发高烧

*nauseous /ˈnɔ:ʃəs/ adj. 恶心的

*throw up 呕吐

*dizzy /ˈdɪzi/ adj. 头晕的

*my fever broke 退烧了

● 有后遗症吗？Did I have post-COVID symptoms?

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

“COVID-brain”的表现是：感觉very tired，不能focus, 不能think.

My brain was like turned off. 大脑好像罢工了。

Selah还属于轻症（mild case），有很多像Selah一样感染新冠的人，出现了中等症状（medium symptoms）。如果是重症（serious cases），就得去医院就诊了。

*新冠后遗症：post-COVID symptoms

*轻症：mild case

*中等症状：medium symptoms

*重症：serious cases

● 当时打了疫苗吗？Did I get vaccinated？

I got vaccinatedand got both doses.接种过疫苗，两针都打了。

The funny story is:

The day I got COVID was the same day I had an appointment to get my booster shot.

感染新冠的这天，恰巧是要去打加强针的那天。

线上取消加强针预约时，在取消理由一栏，只好写：

I got COVID positivetest.

*get vaccinated接种疫苗

*dose /doʊs/ n. 一剂

*appointment /əˈpɔɪntmənt/ n. 预约

*booster /ˈbu:stər/ n. 加强针

● 我们是这么隔离的。How was being in quarantine?

I had to be in quarantinefor 5 full days, in my own room.在自己房间隔离5整天。

因为和其他3个女孩一起住, so I only left my room to use the bathroom（只是要去洗手间的时候才出门），and I was the only one to use the bathroom，洗手间是和舍友分开用。

● 吃饭怎么解决呢？How did I have meals？

My roommates brought it up to me for every meal. 每顿都由舍友帮忙送。

但因为食欲不振，还nauseous（恶心），so I don’t eat them often。

Because I felt so sick, quarantine was not too bad.因为身体不舒服，所以觉得居家隔离，在床上躺着（lay in bed ）还不错。

但是，后面两天身体好转后，I got very bored of watching TV and being by myself. 憋坏了，太无聊了。

● 耽误上学了吗？Did it affect my schooling?

得新冠期间, I still had to do school and homework online, even though I was sick.尽管不舒服，还得在网上听课、写作业。

● 隔离期间出门了吗？Did I go out during the quarantine period?

One night, I had a social distanced dinnerwith my roommates outside.

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

在美国，感染新冠，没人告诉你what you can or can not do。隔离期间，还可以出去跟朋友一起在室外吃饭，只是要保持一定的distance。美国人把这个叫做social distanced dinner。

Selah有一个室友在nursing school（护理学院），身边有很多old patients（上了年纪的病人），为了不infecther（传染给她），和室友是隔了6英尺（约1.8m）坐的。

● 怎么治疗的? How did I feel better?

I felt better by taking medicine and resting. 通过吃药、休息恢复。

只是吃了一些感冒常用药，比如退烧药（fever-reducing medication），来让自己症状缓解。

● 什么时候解除隔离的呢？When could I return to school?

如果I was 24-hours fever free without takingfever reducing medication（不吃退烧药，24小时内不烧的话），就可以return to school。

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

Selah还年轻，感染后比较容易survive，但如果是年纪大的人，或者是有基础疾病的人感染了，就会是more risky and dangerous。

总之呢，就像美国网友说的，people are still dying from COVID。如果落到任何一个家庭里，都是承担不起的代价。希望大家在疫情期间，戴好口罩，做好防护。

希望每一个人都可以：

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

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