Bad News, Good News原版英文小故事部分內容：

Benjamin was sick. He didn't know how he got sick. He was feverish1 and tired. He had no appetite. His stomach hurt more often than not. At first he shrugged2 off the symptoms, figuring he had picked up a bug3 that would go away in a week or so. But it didn't. It lingered. After three weeks, he dragged himself to Dr. Barkley.

The doctor did a few tests. Then he asked Benjamin if he had gone camping and drunk unsterilized stream water. Benjamin said he hadn't been camping since he had played soldier in the army.

He asked if Benjamin had eaten at any fast food restaurants in the past month, or eaten from one of the many lunch trucks in the Los Angeles area. Benjamin said that he ate fast food or lunch truck food every day at noon.

“That’s probably the source of your illness. You have hepatitis A, and you most likely got it from a food worker who didn't wash his hands thoroughly4 after using the bathroom. It happens a lot.” “Holy cow! I'm not going to die, am I?”

The doctor told him not to worry. A viral infection that attacks the liver, hepatitis A kills only about 100 people annually5 in the US. He told Benjamin to see him every two weeks, and to be prepared to take up to three months off from work so that he could rest, rest, rest. There is no cure for hepatitis A. You survive, or you don’t.

“But there is one good thing about hepatitis A,” Dr. Barkley said. “Once you get it, you’re immune to it for the rest of your life.”

1 feverish adj.發燒的，狂熱的，興奮的

參考例句：

He is too feverish to rest.他興奮得安靜不下來。

They worked with feverish haste to finish the job.為了完成此事他們以狂熱的速度工作著。

2 shrugged vt.聳肩(shrug的過去式與過去分詞形式)

參考例句：

Sam shrugged and said nothing. 薩姆聳聳肩膀，什么也沒說。

She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她聳聳肩，裝出一副無所謂的樣子。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3 bug n.蟲子;故障;竊聽器;vt.糾纏;裝竊聽器

參考例句：

There is a bug in the system.系統出了故障。

The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鳥在飛行中捉住了一只昆蟲。

4 thoroughly adv.完全地，徹底地，十足地

參考例句：

The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下種。

The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵們都系統地接受過保護武器的訓練。