（第２回）風邪について知ってますか？

What Do You Know About the Common Cold?
風邪について知ってますか？

こんにちは。ただしです。
今日の話題は、Voice of Americaから風邪の話です。今年の冬はみなさん風邪に
かかりませんでしたか。記事の中で、風邪に効果のある食べ物が紹介されていま
す。聞き取れますでしょうか。

それでは、単語から
[Words]
low temperatures 低い温度
congregate 集まる
transmit 伝染させる
sneezing くしゃみ
coughing 咳
resistant 抵抗力のある
virus ウィルス
immunity 抵抗力
vitamin C ビタミンC
anti-inflammatory properties 炎症を抑える効果
mucus 粘液、痰
fluid 水分
secretion 分泌
discomfort 不快感

それでは、放送を聞いてみましょう。

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[Transcript]
This is the VOA Special English Health Report.

Do you think getting cold can give you a cold? Is it bad to drink milk
when you have a cold? Can chicken soup cure a cold?

Ranit Mishori is a family medicine doctor at Georgetown University
Medical Center in Washington. She says colds are more common in winter,
but not because of low temperatures. The cold weather just means people
stay inside more.

RANIT MISHORI: "People tend to congregate and be together and the way
the common cold virus is transmitted from one person to another is
through handshakes, through sneezing, or coughing on one another."

Adults generally get two to three colds a year. Children are likely to
catch four or five. Dr. Mishori says some people mistakenly believe they
can become resistant to colds.

RANIT MISHORI: "There are about two hundred different viruses that cause
the common cold. People think that once you get infected one time you
develop immunity for the rest of your life. This is wrong."

There is still no cure for the common cold. But Dr. Mishori says there
are ways to feel better sooner.

RANIT MISHORI: "So if you get a cold and on day one and you start taking
about two grams of vitamin C a day, there is evidence that it might
shorten the number of days that you will be suffering with these
symptoms."

She says honey can also help.

RANIT MISHORI: "There is increased evidence that it helps shorten the
duration of the common cold sometimes even by two to three days."

Dr. Mishori says honey seems to be especially effective in children with
colds. But the Agriculture Department says never to feed honey to babies
less than one year old. It says even honey in prepared foods may contain
substances that can make babies very sick.

Some people believe in treating a cold with chicken soup. Does it work?

RANIT MISHORI: "Chicken soup has anti-inflammatory properties, so it
helps reduce the duration of the cold but also it helps clear the mucus."

Mucus is the sticky substance that can make you cough and have trouble
breathing during a cold.

Have you ever heard the old saying "feed a cold, starve a fever"? Dr.
Mishori says this is not necessarily a good guideline to follow. She
says if you have a cold but do not feel hungry, then don't eat.

RANIT MISHORI: "But you have to drink a lot and you can drink water or
you can drink tea -- anything that gets fluids into your body. That's
very important."

But what about drinking milk during a cold? Some people think it only
causes more mucus. Dr. Mishori says yes and no.

RANIT MISHORI: "Dairy products do not cause increased secretions, but
they can thicken the secretions. So it's possible that discomfort is
somewhat more enhanced when you drink milk. But obviously, if you’re a
baby and that's all you drink, you should not stop giving babies milk."

And that's the VOA Special English Health Report. How do you and your
family treat colds? Tell us at voaspecialenglish.com, where you can also
read and listen to all of our reports. I’m Barbara Klein.

どうでしたか。
それでは、記事に関しての質問です。
(Q.1) 一般的に、大人はどのくらい風邪を引きますか。
(Q.2) 何のビタミンが風邪の症状を和らげますか。
(Q.3) チキンスープにはどのような効用がありますか。

(A.1) 年に２、３回
(A.2) ビタミンC
(A.3) 炎症を抑える効果


(Q.1) How many times do general adults get a cold?
(Q.2) What kind of vitamin eases symptoms of a cold?
(Q.3) What property does chicken soup have?

(A.1) Adults generally get two to three colds a year.
(A.2) Vitamin C.
(A.3) Chicken soup has anti-inflammatory properties.

いかがでしたでしょうか。
記事にも出てきたはちみつは、家でもよく風邪を引くとなめたり、お茶にとかし
て飲んでいます。とても効きますよ。（でも、１歳に満たない子どもにはあげな
いでくださいね。）

それでは。
また次回。
See you next time.