Intermediate - Food Poisoning (C1626)

A:  我有点儿不舒服。
wǒ yǒudiǎnr bù shūfu.
I feel a little sick.
B:  我也是。可能今天玩得太累了,我们上床躺一会儿吧!
wǒ yě shì. kěnéng jīntiān wán de tài lèi le, wǒmen shàngchuáng tǎng yīhuǐr ba!
Me too. Maybe we're just tired from being out today. Let's go lay down for a bit!
A:  我恶心,想吐。我先去一下洗手间。哎呦!
wǒ ěxīn, xiǎng tù. wǒ xiān qù yīxià xǐshǒujiān. āiyō!
I feel nauseous. I feel like I'm gong to puke. I'm going to the bathroom. Agh!
B:  怎么了?
zěnmele?
What's the matter?
A:  肚子很痛。你说,我们是不是食物中毒了?
dùzi hěn tòng. nǐ shuō, wǒmen shì bu shì shíwù zhòngdú le?
My stomach hurts. What do you think? Did we get food poisoning?
B:  不可能吧。那家餐厅看起来挺干净的。
bù kěnéng ba. nà jiā cāntīng kàn qǐlái tǐng gānjìng de.
No way. That restaurant seemed really clean.
A:  可是我们吃了那么多海鲜。哎呦,我先上厕所去。
kěshì wǒmen chī le nàme duō hǎixiān. āiyō, wǒ xiān shàng cèsuǒ qù.
But we had so much seafood. Oh boy, I'm off to the bathroom.
B:  老公,你快点儿,我肚子也不舒服,咕噜咕噜叫,想上厕所。
lǎogōng, nǐ kuài diǎnr, wǒ dùzi yě bù shūfu, gūlū gūlū jiào, xiǎng shàng cèsuǒ.
Honey, hurry up. My stomach doesn't feel good. It's growling. I need to use the bathroom.
A:  我们俩都呕吐,拉肚子。肯定是食物中毒了。
wǒmen liǎ dōu ǒutù, lā dùzi. kěndìng shì shíwù zhòngdú le.
We're both vomiting and have diarrhea. We definitely got food poisoning.
B:  那怎么办?
nà zěnme bàn?
Then what should we do?
A:  我等会儿去药店买点儿止泻药吧。
wǒ děng huǐr qù yàodiàn mǎi diǎnr zhǐxièyào ba.
We'll go to the pharmacy in a bit and get some antidiarrheal medicine.

Key Vocabulary

上床shàngchuángto get on the bed
tǎngto lie down on one's back
恶心ěxīnto feel nauseous
to throw up
肚子dùzibelly, abdomen
食物shíwùfood
中毒zhòngdúpoisoned
jiā[measure word for places of restaurants]
餐厅cāntīngrestaurant
看起来kàn qǐláito look like
挺......的tǐng ... devery, quite
干净gānjìngclean
海鲜hǎixiānseafood
咕噜咕噜gūlū gūlūgurgling sound
jiàoto be called
上厕所shàng cèsuǒto go to the washroom
我们俩wǒmen liǎwe two
呕吐ǒutùto vomit
拉肚子lā dùzito have diarrhea
等会儿děng huǐrwait a while
药店yàodiànpharmacy
止泻药zhǐxièyàoantidiarrheal medicine

Supplementary Vocabulary

气泡qìpàoair bubble
毒药dúyàopoison
腹泻fùxièdiarrhea
泻药xièyàolaxative
夜市yèshìnight market

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