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菲菲頭疼，上網查看了病癥后說自己肯定是得了什么嚴重的病。不過她的這種自診行為可靠嗎？聽節目，學習如何用英語來表達通過上網查詢病癥后想象自己患了各種病、自診的人。

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Feifei
大家好，歡迎收聽 BBC英語教學的《地道英語》。我是馮菲菲。

Sian
…and me, Sian. Hello! Hey Feifei what are you doing on your phone? We've got a programme to record.

Feifei
我頭特別疼，這不，網上說了，可能是頭部受傷了，也可能是由于頭部有腫塊，還有可能是……

Sian
Or maybe you've just got a headache! Give me that phone… you're just scaring yourself!

Feifei
誒，你等等，這兒還說如果我有以下這些癥狀的話，應該馬上去醫院。Maybe I do have a fever… I am feeling rather hot.

Sian
That's because it's boiling in here – I'm hot too… and I'm starting to get a headache. I know exactly what's wrong with you – you have a case of cyberchondria!

Feifei
Cyberchondria？你看，我就說嘛我肯定得了什么病。不過 cyberchondria 是什么？It sounds serious.

Sian
A cyberchondriac is someone who looks up medical advice on the internet for every symptom they have and then gets really anxious because they think they have a serious illness! Just like you're doing.

Feifei
哦，原來 cyberchondriac 和 hypochondriac 有相似之處，cyberchondriac 用來指一個通過上網查詢病癥后想象自己患了各種病、自診的人。

Sian
Exactly, this term is a combination of 'cyber' – relating to computers – and hypochondriac. Let's hear some examples.

Examples
There are so many medical websites nowadays, it's no wonder more and more people are self-diagnosing and becoming cyberchondriacs.

Ana: I was convinced that I had this really rare disease that I read about online. Turns out that I just wasn't drinking enough water!
Joe: Ha! You're such a cyberchondriac!

Feifei
Right, let's get on with the programme – although I haven't brought my glasses today so I'm afraid I can't read the script very well.

Sian
What? You've forgotten your glasses? Well no wonder you've got a headache.

Feifei
Oh yeah, that could be it. Phew, I was convinced something terrible was wrong with me. Right, let's get on with the programme.

Sian
Hang on there's a link here to the 'ten most dangerous tropical diseases', I'll just have a quick look…

Feifei
But you haven't even been to a tropical country lately. Put the phone down!

Sian
Oh ok! Goodbye.

Feifei
Bye.