不少少年在步入青春期後，都面臨這樣的煩惱——長粉刺。下面是一篇關於青春期與粉刺的英語口語對話，希望對大家有用。
jane:: i have an acne problem. what causes acne?
doctor: acne is caused when skin pours (面板毛孔)become clogged with (被...堵塞，被...填滿) dirt. but other factors such as diet and stress have been linked to acne.
jane: i've had pimples (丘疹)for years. is there anything i can do to get rid of them?
doctor: thousands of young people suffer from acne. i can prescribe some medication that will help you.
jane: will this help my oily skin?
doctor: i'll give you a special facial scrub..
jane: how long will it take this stuff to work?
doctor: you should start to see some positive results within a week.
jane: what if it doesn't work?.
doctor: there's a number of things we can try. we can always give you a stronger medication.
jane: did you ever problems with acne?
doctor: when i was in high school i was known as the "acne king"
jane: what did you do about it?
doctor: not much. back then (過去那個時候)there wasn't the kind of medicines and treatments as there are now.
jane: did it affect your social life?
doctor: no, i just dated girls who had acne too.
一些與粉刺有關的英語單詞：
粉刺, 黑頭粉刺 comedones
粉刺癌 comedocarcinoma
粉刺霜 acne cream
痤瘡，粉刺 acne
拔粉刺器 comedones extractor
白色粉刺 whiteheads
潮溼的粉刺 ooze oozing eruption
多粉刺的 pimpled; pimply
粉刺，面皰，青春豆 pimple
粉刺調理露 acne vanishing treatment
粉刺青春 teen acne
粉刺性癌 comedo carcinoma
粉刺樣痣 comedo nevus; nevus comedonicus
粉刺狀癌 comedocarcinoma
黑頭粉刺 black bead; blackhead acne; comedones
容易長粉刺 skin prone to break-outs acne prone skin
乳腺粉刺癌 comedocarcinoma
是白頭粉刺 whiteheads
無致粉刺性 non-comedogenic
油脂性粉刺 oil acne
有粉刺的 carbuncled
茶樹粉刺鼻膜 tea tree oil blackhead minimising mask
長滿粉刺的臉 pimpled face
粉刺 火雞黑冠病 blackhead
粉川 kogawa; kokawa; konakawa
粉蟲因子 mealworm factor
