BBC Learning English
The English We Speak
29th March 2011
Sick
SICK
William: Hello
and welcome to the English We Speak, I'm William Kremer.
Yang Li: And I'm Yang Li.
William: Li,
are you wearing make-up?
Yang Li: Yes,
do you like it? It's not too much?
William: I
think you look sick.
Yang Li: What?
William: Sick!
Yang Li: But I feel fine. I'm perfectly healthy.
William: No,
you don't look ill Li, you look sick!
Yang Li: Sorry I just don't get it. I'm not ill!
William: Sorry
Li, I should explain. It's our expression for the day. Lots of young
people in the UK use the word sick to mean cool or
great.
Yang Li: English can be weird can't it? Sick means cool?
William: Yes,
it is a bit odd. I know one teacher who was confused by this word when
his student used it in a class.
Yang Li: Really?
What did they say?
William: Something
like this:
Insert
Student: Mr Griffiths!
Teacher: Yes?
Student: Sir, are you wearing new shoes?
Teacher: Yes, I am. Why?
Student: Because they are sick!
Teacher: Sick?
Teacher:
Well, young man. As you find them so terrible, how about you give me 100 lines
saying… saying…
Student: No, no, I like them! Sick means cool! Teacher:
First I've heard of it.
Yang Li: Lines.
Lines are a form of punishment which teachers used to give students –
copying out the same
sentence again and again. You never had to write lines,
did you William?
William: Erm...
Maybe I won't go into that here!
Yang Li: So anyway, what do I say if I really am sick?
William: I'm feeling
sick. Or I'm feeling ill.
Yang Li: So we can
work it out from the context.
William: Exactly,
that's it. Anyway, like I was saying I love the make-up Li. But
maybe next time don't wear
green eye-shadow.
Yang Li: Why?
William: It makes
you look, erm sick.
Yang Li: Oh, I give up. Bye.
William: Bye.
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