【明報專訊】Influenza (流感) is an acute illness of the respiratory tract. It is common between January and March and between July and August in Hong Kong. Wait... who is spreading the disease?

“ Eason: I have a headache and a sore throat. I need fresh air. ”

“ MoMo: Eason, be considerate. Wear a mask. ”

“ Dr Panda: You display flu symptoms. ”

“ Eason: The flu is my new weapon! ”

“ MoMo: You should stay home and get some rest. ”

■English highway﹕-words and collocations

''Flu''

"The flu" is the short form of "influenza". There are many words that are related to infectious diseases. Examples are epidemic (傳染病), sneeze, microorganism (微生物), fever, symptoms, recover and vaccines (疫苗).

■Quiz

Fill in the blanks with the vocabularies you have learnt on this page.

(answers on next text)

1. An _________ is a disease that spreads quickly.

2. If you have a _________, your body temperature is higher than 37.5℃.

3. There are _________ that help prevent people from becoming ill.

4. You should cover your nose and mouth when you _________.

5. A _________ is a simple organism smaller than a bacterium.

6. It helps speed your _________ from the flu to have good rest and drink plenty of water.

■Glossary

acute (adj) 急性

respiratory tract (n) 呼吸道

symptom (n) 徵狀

infectious (adj) 傳染性的