BBC Learning English - Bad Breath 口臭

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　　Bad Breath 口臭

　　Helen: Hello, welcome to BBC Learning English. I’m Helen.

　　Feifei: 大家好，我是菲菲。欢迎收听我们的BBC英语教学节目。

　　Helen: And today we’re touching on a sensitive subject.

　　Feifei: A sensitive subject 比较敏感的话题。 What do you mean?

　　Helen: It’s about bad breath, or halitosis.

　　Feifei: I see. 口臭 bad breath, 医学名称 halitosis. 这的确是在社交情况下会碰到的大难题。

　　Helen: Speaking on BBC 1, Dr. Philip Stemmer is a dental specialist and he tells us why the condition can make someone’s social life a misery.

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　　People who have bad breath, it’s a very serious debilitating disease. In fact this morning I got a letter from a man who’s locked himself away for years, won’t come out because he’s got bad breath. He says that we’re his last hope and he’s literally at the end of his tether.

　　Feifei: Dr. Stemmer 是治疗口臭的专家。他说对那些患有口臭的人来说，这是一个非常大烦恼，会让人变得萧条和萎靡不振的疾病。 debilitating 让人衰退，变得虚弱。

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