Name: 【聽Podcast學英文】這個也過敏那個也過敏！我們對所有事物越來越「敏感」了嗎？ (Are we getting more allergic to things? ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2025-04-05T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 6 min 14 s

6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com

Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Beth.

大家好，歡迎收看 BBC 學英文的 6分鐘英語。我是 Beth。

And I'm Neil. In this episode we're talking about allergies. Allergies are when a certain food or material makes you feel sick. Do you have any allergies, Beth?

我是 Neil。這一集我們來談談過敏。過敏是指某種食物或物質讓你感到不適。你有過敏症嗎，Beth？

Yeah, so I am actually allergic to dairy so I can't have anything with milk. So no cheese, no butter. What about you, Neil? Have you got any allergies?

有的，我對乳製品過敏，所以我不能吃任何乳製品。所以不能吃起司和奶油，你呢，Neil？你有過敏嗎？

Well, I'm not great with dairy either but it's not an allergy, more of an intolerance. So it just makes me feel a bit bad rather than actually making me sick.

我也不太喜歡喝牛奶，但不是過敏，更像是不耐受。所以它會讓我感覺有點不舒服，而不是真的讓我生病。

But I do have hay fever so I'm allergic to pollen. That means in the summer months, I'm sneezing and coughing all the time.

但我確實有花粉熱，所以我對花粉過敏。這意味著在夏天，我總是打噴嚏和咳嗽。

I get runny eyes and a runny nose and it also gives me a little bit of asthma. So it's a bit of a pain.

我會流眼淚、流鼻涕，還會有點哮喘。所以有點痛苦。

Oh yeah, that sounds really horrible. Now scientific evidence shows that more people are developing allergies.

是啊，聽起來真可怕。現在有科學證據表明，越來越多的人患上了過敏。

In this programme, we're going to find out about what it's like living with an allergy and where in the world has the highest rate of allergies.

在本節目中，我們將瞭解過敏患者的生活狀況，以及世界上哪裡的過敏發病率最高。

But first I have a question for you, Beth. What is the most common allergy in the world?

但首先我要問你一個問題，Beth。世界上最常見的過敏是什麼？

Is it a) peanuts, b) pollen, or c) dairy?

是 a) 花生、b) 花粉，還是 c) 乳製品？

I'm going to say pollen. A lot of people I know have hay fever.

我猜花粉。我認識的很多人都有花粉症。

Including me. Well, we'll find out the answer at the end of the show.

包括我在內，好吧，我們會在節目最後找到答案的。

Now, Beth, you're allergic to dairy but imagine if you had over 50 allergies. That's the situation for Mia Silverman who runs a social media account, Allergies with Mia, where she talks about living with lots of allergies.

Beth，你對乳製品過敏，但想象一下，如果你有 50 多種過敏。米婭-西爾弗曼（Mia Silverman）的情況就是這樣，她在社交媒體上開設了一個名為 "與米婭一起過敏"（Allergies with Mia）的帳號，在這裡她講述了自己與多種過敏為伴的生活。

My 50 plus allergies include all nuts and their oils. I'm allergic to all fish except for cooked tuna and cooked codfish.

我的 50 多種過敏包括所有堅果及其油脂。除了熟金槍魚和熟鱈魚，我對所有魚類都過敏。

Life for Mia involves a lot of planning, as she told BBC World Service programme What in the World.

米婭的生活需要大量的規劃，正如她在 BBC 世界服務節目“What in the World”中所說的那樣。

And having these 50 plus allergies impacts my life every single day.

這 50 多種過敏症每天都在影響著我的生活。

So when it comes to going to restaurants, having to call ahead of time, talk to the manager, talk to the chef, make sure that restaurant can accommodate me, that they can make me something safe and use protocols to prevent any sort of risk of any allergens touching my dish.

去餐廳用餐時，我必須提前打電話，與經理、廚師溝通，確保餐廳能滿足我的要求，能給我做一些安全的菜，並採取相應的措施，防止任何過敏原接觸到我的菜餚。

When it comes to socialising, it can be kind of hard sometimes because I want to make sure that my friends don't feel inconvenienced or feel like I'm being a burden.

說到社交，有時會有點困難，因為我想確保我的朋友不會感到不便或覺得我是個負擔。

If Mia wants to go to a restaurant, she has to call ahead of time to tell them about her allergies. If you call ahead of time, you phone somewhere, like a restaurant, before you go.

如果米婭想去餐廳吃飯，她必須提前打電話告訴餐廳她有過敏症。如果要提前打電話，就必須在去餐廳等地方之前先打電話。

Mia needs to find out whether restaurants can accommodate her allergies.

米婭需要了解餐廳是否能照顧到她的過敏症。

Accommodate in this context means give someone what they need.

這裡的 "適應 "是指滿足他人的需要。

Because Mia has so many allergies, she has to visit restaurants which have protocols to stop the food she is allergic to touching her meal. Protocols means a set of rules for a process to make sure things are done properly.

因為米婭有很多過敏症，所以她必須去一些餐廳就餐，而這些餐廳都有相應的規定來防止她過敏的食物接觸到她的飯菜。規程指的是一套流程規則，以確保事情得到妥善處理。

Most people who have allergies don't have as many as Mia, but scientists believe more people are developing allergies.

大多數人的過敏症沒有米婭那麼多，但科學家認為，越來越多的人正在患上過敏症。

And there is one place where the number of allergies is particularly high – Australia.

有一個地方的過敏人數特別多，那就是澳洲。

In fact, Australia is called the allergy capital of the world.

事實上，澳洲被稱為世界過敏之都。

When we describe somewhere as the capital of the world in something, we mean that it's known for that thing.

當我們形容某地是某領域的世界之都時，我們的意思是該地因該領域而聞名。

So the allergy capital of the world is the place in the world with the most allergies.

世界過敏之都是世界上過敏症最多的地方。

BBC journalist Frances Now is from Australia and explains some of the allergy data to BBC World Service podcast What in the World.

BBC 記者弗朗西斯-諾來自澳洲，她在 BBC World Service 播客《世界上有什麼》中解釋了一些過敏數據。

You're from Australia, which has been called the allergy capital of the world.

你來自澳洲，那裡被稱為世界過敏之都。

What is it about Australia in particular that is making people more allergic?

是什麼讓澳洲人變得更加過敏？

Australia is termed the allergy capital of the world because due to the research and the data, that shows that almost one in 10 infants have marked an allergy. And often that's a food allergy or a respiratory allergy.

澳洲被稱為 "世界過敏之都"，因為研究和數據顯示，幾乎每 10 個嬰兒中就有 1 個有過敏症狀。通常是食物過敏或呼吸道過敏。

And that does drop off once they're a bit older – age 6 or so it goes down to about 6% and then as an adult it goes down to like 3%.

一旦他們稍大一些，這個比例就會下降——6 歲左右會下降到 6%左右，成年後會下降到 3%左右。

Frances talks about the high numbers of Australian infants – that's babies – who have allergies.

弗朗西斯談到，澳洲嬰兒過敏的人數很多。

But she says the numbers drop off as children get older.

但她說，隨著孩子年齡的增長，這一數字會有所下降。

If numbers or rates of something drop off, they get lower.

如果數字或比率下降，它們就會變低。

By age 6 or so, Australian children are less likely to have allergies.

到 6 歲左右，澳洲兒童患過敏症的機率會降低。

We can use or so in informal speech to show that the number is an estimate – it's not exact.

在非正式場合，我們可以用 or so 來表示這個數字只是一個估計值，並不精確。

So, Beth, is there anything we can do about all these allergies?

Beth，我們能為這些過敏症做些什麼嗎？

Well, scientists are investigating giving babies vitamin D, which can be shown to reduce allergies.

科學家們正在研究給嬰兒服用維生素 D，因為維生素 D 可以減少過敏。

Another technique is immunotherapy, which involves scientists giving children tiny amounts of the thing they are allergic to and then building up their baby's tolerance.

另一種方法是免疫療法，即科學家給兒童服用微量的過敏物質，然後增強嬰兒的耐受性。

Interesting. And I think it's time to find out the answer to my question.

真有意思，我想是時候找出問題的答案了。

I asked you, what is the most common allergy in the world?

我影片開頭有問你，世界上最常見的過敏症是什麼？

OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learnt, starting with call ahead of time, which means to phone somewhere, like a restaurant, before your appointment or before you go there.

好了，讓我們來複習一下我們學過的詞彙，首先是提前打電話，意思是在約會前或去餐廳前給某個地方打電話，比如餐廳。

If you accommodate someone, you give them what they need.

如果你遷就某人，你就會給予他們所需的東西。

Protocols are strict rules for how something is done.

規程是對如何做某事的嚴格規定。

If somewhere is the capital of the world for a particular thing, it's known for that thing.

如果某地是某一特定事物的世界之都，它就會因該事物而聞名。

For example, London is sometimes called the theatre capital of the world because we have lots of theatres.

例如，倫敦有時被稱為世界戲劇之都，因為我們有很多劇院。

If numbers drop off, it means they get lower.

如果數字下降，就意味著它們變低了。

And we can add or so to a number in informal speech to show that the number is an estimate – it's not exact.

在非正式場合，我們可以在數字後面加上 or so ，以表示該數字是一個估計值，並不精確。

Once again, our six minutes are up, but you can test your knowledge even more using the interactive quiz on our website. Visit bbclearningenglish.com.

我們的六分鐘時間又到了，但你還可以通過我們網站上的互動測驗來測試你的程度。請到 bbclearningenglish.com。