《ESL Podcast 725 – Childhood Illnesses and Diseases》.pdfVIP

English as a Second Language Podcast ESL Podcast 725 – Childhood Illnesses and Diseases GLOSSARY daycare center – a facility or business that takes care of young children while their parents are working somewhere else * Most daycare centers ask parents to leave an extra set of clothing, just in case the child gets very dirty during the day. record year – the year with the highest level or amount of something; a year with more of something than ever before * The years 2009 and 2011 are record years for heat waves in many states. chicken pox – varicella; an infection that is shared easily among children and also among some adults, causing fever, tiredness, and many small, itchy red marks on the skin * Chicken pox is very uncomfortable, but it isn’t life-threatening for most children. to go around – for many people to suffer from a disease in a certain area during a certain period of time, because the disease is easily passed from one person to another * The flu has been going around at work lately. measles – rubeola; a viral disease that causes a fever, coughing, runny nose, red eyes, and many red spots on the skin * The boy was covered in red spots, but he wasn’t scratching them, so the doctors thought he might have the measles. mumps – a viral disease that causes painful “swelling” (growth; increase in size) in the “salivary glands” (parts of the body that produce liquid inside the mouth) near the ears * When she had the mumps, the sides of her neck swelled so much that she couldn’t really move her head. pink eye – conjunctivitis; a bacterial or viral infection that causes the white part of the eye to become pink or red, often with clear, yellow or green liquid coming out of the eye * You can avoid pink eye by always washing your hands before touching your eye area. nosebleed – when blood comes out of a person’s nose, sometimes