Michal: I'm feel awful too. I've got a pain stomach. My head hurts.....
Tim: Welcome to your first British hangover Michal! What you need now is a good fry-up.
Alice: Bleugh! Oh, morning Helen. You look as bad as I feel. Have you been crying?
Helen: No, no of course not. Just burning the midnight oil studying, studying, studying.
Tim: So, who's for eggs, beans and toast?
Alice: Urgh! You really are a pain in the neck sometimes Tim!
When you're ill, you can describe your symptoms (changes in your body which show that you're ill) in the following ways:
当你生病了,你可以用以下方式描述你的症状(病情)
You can use have got + ache (when it forms part of a compound noun) with only 5 parts of the body:
只有下列五种身体部位可以加上ache组成集合名词
I've got (a)
backache
She's got (a)
stomach-ache
He's got a
headache
You've got (an)
earache
He's got (a)
toothache
Note: All of these aches except headache are usually uncountable in British English so you don't use a or an with them. In American English, all these aches are countable so you use a or an with them.
You can use hurt/ache (verb) with any part of the body:
任何身体部位都可以用hurt/ache当动词使用
My leg
hurts
Her ankle
His stomach
aches
Everything
His stomach
My toes
hurt
His hands
ache
You can use sore (adjective) with any part of the body:
任何身体部位都可以用sore当形容词使用
I've got
arm
She's got
a sore
leg
He's got
toe
You've got
head
You can use pain (noun) with any part of the body:
pain当名词使用,可以用在任何身体部位上
I feel
my leg
She's got
a pain in
her stomach
He has
his toe
You can use be or feel + ill/sick/unwell (adjective) or
feel + awful (adjective) to talk about your health in general: