Sofia 在教室里用着她的笔电，这时见 Bob 一拐一拐地走进来…
Sofia: What happened to your leg!?
Sofia：你的腿怎么了！ ？
Bob: I got injured yesterday playing basketball with Henry and some of the guys.
Bob：昨天 Henry 找我去和他还有其他一些朋友一起打球，我打到一半受伤了。
Sofia: Poor you!
Sofia：真惨！
Bob: I sprained both my ankles—hence the crutches.
Bob：我两个脚踝都扭伤了，所以才会拿拐杖。
Sofia: How did that happen?
Sofia：是怎么发生的？
Bob: Henry passed me the ball but I missed it with my hands and stepped on it…
Bob：Henry 传球给我。我漏接了而且还踩到 …
Sofia: Well… at least it’s not a fracture.
Sofia：嘛，幸好不是骨折。
Sofia 说得对，幸好只是扭到而不是骨折。先来复习单字吧！
sprain (v.) 扭伤
sprain 动名词同形，在对话中意思是「扭伤」，比如：sprain the ankle (扭伤脚踝)、sprain the wrist (扭伤手腕)、sprain the shoulder (扭伤肩膀)，注意主词为人而非身体部位。
Tommy sprained his ankle climbing the rocks next to the beach.
Tommy 在海边爬石头时扭到脚踝。
I don’t play much tennis anymore because I kept getting wrist sprains.
我不太打网球了，因为以前常扭伤手腕。
ankle (n.) 脚踝
ankle 意指「脚踝」，其他常见关节部位如：wrist (手腕)、elbow (手肘)、shoulder (肩膀)、knee (膝盖)。
My friend has a tattoo on her ankle.
我朋友的脚踝上有刺青。
crutch (n.) 拐杖
crutch 意指「拐杖」，尤其指腿部受伤的病患在使用的 T 型拐杖，例如：walkin on crutches (靠拐杖走路)。如果是指老年人使用的「拐杖；手杖」，则是 (walking) stick 。
He’ll have to walk around on crutches for a while because of the car accident.
他出车祸后都靠拐杖走路。
The old man walked down the street slowly using his walking stick for balance.
一位老先生靠拐杖平衡，缓慢地走在街道上。
fracture (n.) 骨折
fracture 当名词时意指「断裂；骨折」；当动词时可指「断裂；折断」。骨折时通常会打石膏，「石膏」的英文则为 cast。
Tommy’s leg is in a cast. He got a fracture while playing football.
Tommy 因为腿部骨折打着石膏。
Two of the patient’s ribs were fractured as CPR was being performed.
病患在被施行心肺复苏术的期间断了两根肋骨。
Sofia 是否也曾经在运动时受伤呢？继续听他们聊下去吧！
Bob: Yes, I’ve also got some bruises, but they are just minor injuries.
Bob：对啊，我还有一些瘀青，不过只是轻伤。
Sofia: Still looks like a sore one though. Speaking of injuries, I hurt myself playing table tennis during gym class last week.
Sofia：但你的瘀青看起来还是很严重。说到受伤，我上礼拜上体育课时也受伤了。
Bob: I’m guessing it probably wasn’t because you slipped on a ping-pong ball, haha. What happened?
Bob：不可能你踩到乒乓球跌倒吧，哈哈。所以是怎么了？
Sofia: Well… do you remember me telling you how much of a hunk my gym teacher is? He used to be a professional athlete—very handsome. Anyways, last week I kept staring at him during the class, and I ended up with a crick in my neck.
Sofia：这个嘛… 你还记得我跟你说我的体育老师超壮吗？他以前是职业运动员…超帅的。反正就是上礼拜我上课时一直盯着他看，然后脖子就抽筋了。
Bob: That’s not even a sports injury! I thought you had maybe pulled a muscle or something.
Bob：那根本不算是运动伤害！我还以为你是肌肉拉伤还怎么的。
Sofia: It was in gym class! Surely that still counts as a sports injury? Haha.
Sofia：因为是在体育课受伤啊！当然还是算运动伤害？哈哈。
Sofia 对运动伤害的定义还真广，小 V 甘拜下风。来复习单字吧！
bruise (n.) 瘀青
bruise 动名词同形，当动词则指使瘀青，当名词时意指「瘀青」，常见用法如：a bruise on + 身体部位。
My legs are always covered in bruises after playing rugby.
打完橄榄球后我的腿上常常都是瘀青。
minor injury (n.) 轻伤
minor 意指「轻微的」，minor injury 即是「轻伤」，如扭伤、拉伤、擦伤等等。与其对应的是 major injury (重伤)。
It’s only a minor injury. Just put a Band-Aid on it.
在伤口上贴个 OK 绷吧，那只是个轻伤。
crick (n.) (颈部、背部) 抽筋
crick 为名词，意思是「抽筋」，尤其指「颈部、背部的抽筋」，常见用法如：a crick in + 身体部位。
He has terrible posture. He’s always slouching and complaining of neck cricks.
他姿势不良，总是驼背然后抱怨自己脖子抽筋。
Because of his poor form when doing deadlifts, he ended up cricking his back.
他做硬举时姿势不良所以扭到脖子。
pull a muscle (phr.) 肌肉拉伤
pull 意指「拉」，muscle 则指「肌肉」，因此很直觉地 pull a muscle 即是「肌肉拉伤」。
Warming up before exercise can help reduce your chances of pulling a muscle.
运动前暖身能够帮助避免肌肉拉伤。
