1. Poison makes people sick; some poisons kill people as well as birds and animals. 毒物会使人生病;有些毒物不但会毒死鸟和动物,还会毒死人。
2. People get sick from drinking contaminated water. 人饮用了被污染的水就会生病。
3. Many people find this sort of joke distasteful. The following example of ´sick humour´ will enable you to judge for yourself. 许多人认为这种笑话是低级庸俗的。下面是个"病态幽默"的实例,你可据此自己作出判断。
4. On the ground lay an old sick goat. 地上躺着一只生病的老山羊。
5. On September 4, 1853, he reached Spezia sick, went to a hotel, could not sleep for noise without and fever within, took a long walk the next day, and in the afternoon flung himself on a couch intending to sleep. 1853年9月4日他抵达斯佩齐亚。当时,他正在生病。他去了一家旅馆。由于旅馆外面噪音太大,而他仍在发烧,所以他无法入睡。第二天,他出去散步,走了很长的路,下午,他一头进沙发想睡一觉。
6. I´m afraid my parents are sick again. 我恐怕我的父母又生病了.
7. I am sick of having to truckle to my superiors. 我不得不对上司唯命是从, 这叫我很难受。
8. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room. 我并不喜欢这个主意,所以我勉强跟着罗伯特走进了起居室。
9. It is called ´sick humour´. 它被叫作"病态幽默"。
10. It is recognized and respected everywhere as the emblem which means service to the sick and suffering. 在全世界,红十字会被公认为是对受苦受难的人们进行救援的标志。