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2024.04.18 20:34
第四部 第四課: under the weather , to grab a bite to eat
- 在今天的對話中 Michael 會教李華兩個常用語：一個是 under the weather ，另一個是 to grab a bite to eat。
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- Hello?
- 喂，Michael 啊，你今天怎麼啦？我在學校沒看見你，打電話到你上班的地方也沒人接。你沒事兒吧？
- Oh, its nothing. I am just a little under the weather today, so I decided to take the rest of the day off and really rest.
- 什麼啊？你說天氣不好，所以你就請一天假，天氣好好的嘛，你幹嘛要撒謊呢？
- No, no, I said "I am under the weather today". Under, u-n-d-e-r; The weather, w-e-a-t-h-e-r. Under the weather, it means sick.
- 哦，under the weather 就是生病的意思啊，那你還不趕快去看醫生啊？
- Oh, don't worry. It's not very serious. Usually when someone says that they are under the weather, they mean they feel bad, but are not very sick.
- 哦，所以你的病不嚴重，那我就放心了．可是，你為什麼今天會覺得 under the weather 呢？
- Last night I went out to eat with a friend. After dinner, it started to rain heavily. We didn't have umbrellas, and I had to walk to a long way back to my car in the rain. I think I caught a cold, so now I feel under the weather.
- 難怪了，你吃完飯就淋著雨走那麼長的路．哎喲，你以後啊可千萬小心，萬一得了大病那怎麼辦呢？
- It's ok, Li Hua. I can take care of myself. That's why I am resting at home. That reminds me, how is your mother doing? Didn't you say she was under the weather last week?
- 哦，我媽媽啊，她現在好多了．不過啊，上星期可真把我們嚇壞了．上星期一她突然說不舒服，提前下班，結果第二天啊就開始咳嗽，全身發軟呢。
- Oh, oh no! You must have been worried she had SARS.
- 沒錯，家裡人啊都好擔心她得了薩斯，所以每個人都覺得自己好像 under the weather ；不過啊，第二天我媽媽好轉了，所以每個人也覺得自己好啦。
- They were all thinking about SARS, so they also felt under the weather. In fact, they were all ok.
- 就是啊，他們覺得自己 under the weather ，我想啊，純粹是心理作用。
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- So why were you trying to call me at work today?
- 喔，我是想打電話問你，今天晚上要不要一塊兒去吃飯。
- Oh, well, I'd like to, but I really think I should stay at home tonight. Maybe this weekend we can grab a bite to eat.
- 啊？你說這個週末要吃什麼啊？
- I said we can "grab a bite to eat". Grab, g-r-a-b; a bite, b-i-t-e; to eat, e-a-t. It means we can go out and have a quick meal somewhere this weekend.
- 哦，grab a bite to eat ，就是說隨便到哪個餐館吃一頓，是不是啊。
- That's about right. To be exact, it means to find some quick and simple food, like fast food.
- 啊？尤其是指吃快餐啊？我可不想這樣隨便 grab a bite to eat ．我啊，想去一個有氣氛的好餐館．哎．再說了，Michael，你也不應該老是吃那些垃圾食物。
- I know, I know. It's just that I often don't have a lot of time between classes and work. So at lunchtime, I usually have to go to a fast food place and grab a bite to eat. I don't have time to go anywhere else.
- 哎，如果你覺得中午時間很緊，那你就應該把午飯準備好帶到學校啊。你看，你每天到外面 grab a bite to eat，那樣的開銷多大啊。
- I don't always grab a bite to eat at fast food places. Sometimes I make lunch at home. But it takes a lot of time in the evening, and sometimes I am busy then, too.
- Michael，你真是太不會照顧自己了，冒著雨亂跑，整天吃垃圾食品，難怪啊，你會 under the weather ，以後啊，你真要好好照顧自己呢。
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- 今天 Michael 「身體有點兒不舒服」，就是 under the weather． Michael 約李華等他身體好了一起去 grab a bite to eat ，也就是「隨便到外面吃點快餐」。
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