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When Allergies Attack

Springtime means green tree, beautiful flowers - and sneezing.

On a lovely spring day, you're eager to get outside and enjoy a nice bike ride or a walk in the park. Unfortunately, as soon as you step outside, tiny invaders begin their plot to spoil your day. First, they make you sneeze. Then they give you an itchy throat and watery eyes. After a while, they force you back inside - close to the tissue box and far away from nature's beauty.

Millions of people experience these miserable effects of allergies. The "invaders" that cause allergy attack - known as allergens - are actually everyday materials such as pollen, dust and animal dander. Seasonal allergies, which strike during spring and fall, are mainly caused by pollen released from trees, flowers and grass.

Allergies explained
When people with allergies breathe in allergens, their immune system recognize them as harmful foreign substances. To defend the body, the immunesystem reacts, often by creating antibodyies, which release chemicals called histamines. These chemicals, unfortunately, can cause symptoms like sneezing, coughing, an itchy throat, and a runny(or stuffy) nose.



allergy n. 過敏/過敏症
-> when your body usually has negative reaction to a certain kind of food or some kind of medicine
eg: Keri has an allergy to wheat products, so she can't eat bread.
eg: This treatment can benefit a lot of allergy sufferers (過敏症患者).

allergy to something 對某樣事物過敏
eg: She has an allergy to all dairy food.

allergic adj.
eg: He's allergic to eggs.

invader n. 入侵者
eg: Invaders entered the wlled city while its citizens were sleeping.
eg: The people in the village united to fight against the invaders.
eg: In the movie the alien invaders were destroyed by common human diseases.

invade v. 入侵

itchy adj. 癢的
eg: Jonathan has several mosquito bites on his arm that are red and itchy.

miserable adj. 悽慘的
eg: We had miserable camping trip because of the cold,rainy weather.


runny adj.
eg: How do you like your eggs - dry or runny?

runny adj. 一直流出黏液的
eg: I've got a runny nose today.
eg: runny eyes 一直流眼淚的眼睛

runny adj. 稀的/水份很多的
eg: The pasta sauce looks runny. We might put more ingredient in it.

pollen n. 花粉
-> white yellow powder from flower that carried by the wind

dander n.

immune system 免疫系統

histamine n. 組織胺

runny nose 流鼻水
stuffy nose 鼻塞 (have difficult breathing through your nose)
runny nose <-> stuffy nose


//== Chat room ==//

Kleenex box
= tissue box

Kleenex(舒潔面紙) -> trademark

Kleenex is so well-know that it is synonymous with the tissue.
舒潔面紙很有名，因此這個商標成了面紙的代名詞

Do you have Kleenex?
= Do you have a tissue?


trademark that has become everyday words
eg:
Band-aid OK蹦
Q-tips -> cotton swab 棉花棒
Aspirin -> 阿斯匹靈
Rollerblades -> inline skates 直排輪

generic term


//== Grammer on the go ==//
The "invaders" that cause allergy attack - known as allergens -
are actually everyday materials such as pollen, dust and animal dander.

- known as allergens - 給予額外的資訊

eg: We'll begin the meeting at ten o'clock sharp - at least we'll try. (a break)
eg: The food at the party was delicious - you would have loved it! (seperate two sentences)