ESL Podcast 682 – Minor Medical Injuries

　　Cherise: Rise and shine! Isn’t it a lovely day? I love getting back to nature. There’s nothing like going camping. How did you sleep?
Evan: That was the most miserable¹ night of my life!
Cherise: Really? What happened?
Evan: I woke up in the middle of the night and thought I heard a bear. I got up, stubbed my toe, and tripped. I have scratches all over my arms, not to mention these bruises² on my legs. See?
Cherise: Oh, don’t you know that there aren’t any bears this late in the year?
Evan: How should I have known that? This was my first time camping.
Cherise: All right. Why are you holding your neck like that?
Evan: I couldn’t get comfortable at all sleeping on the ground. I woke up with a crick in my neck.
Cherise: Stop moving around like that or you’ll really hurt yourself.
Evan: Oh, I have a cramp³ in my shoulder! It hurts!
Cherise: I told you not to twist around like that. Just let it work itself out.
Evan: All of this had to happen to me after getting a stitch⁴ in my side and a charley horse hiking five miles yesterday. I’ve had it! I’m going back to civilization.
Cherise: How are you getting there?
Evan: What do you mean? I’m walking.
Cherise: Without food or water? You’d better wait for me or you may end up bear bait⁵ after all!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

2 bruises   

n.瘀伤，伤痕，擦伤( bruise的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was covered with bruises after falling off his bicycle. 他从自行车上摔了下来，摔得浑身伤痕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The pear had bruises of dark spots. 这个梨子有碰伤的黑斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 cramp   

n.痉挛；[pl.](腹)绞痛；vt.限制，束缚

参考例句：

• Winston stopped writing,partly because he was suffering from cramp.温斯顿驻了笔，手指也写麻了。
• The swimmer was seized with a cramp and had to be helped out of the water.那个在游泳的人突然抽起筋来，让别人帮着上了岸。

4 stitch   

n.一针，疼痛，碎布条；v.缝合

参考例句：

• He had a stitch in the side.他胁部疼痛。
• Fold the fabric and stitch the two layers together.将布料对折，然后将两层缝在一起。

5 bait   

n.饵，引诱物；vt.用饵引诱，折磨，奚落

参考例句：

• The fish took the bait.鱼吞饵了。
• They are too knowing to bite at such a bait.他们很老练，不上这种当。