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2024.09.09 06:49
第九部 第六課: bum , ticker
- 李華打電話問 Larry 今天下午要不要一塊兒去打網球．今天李華會學到兩個常用語： bum 和 ticker.
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- 嘿！Larry，你今天下午有空嗎？想不想和我去打網球？今天天氣啊真好！
- I'm sorry, Li Hua, but my bum knee is bothering me. I don't think it's a good idea to play tennis right now.
- 你的膝蓋怎麼啦？ Bum knee，那是什麼毛病啊？
- I have a bum knee means that there is something permanently wrong with my knee.
- 哦～，原來 a bum knee 就是一個膝蓋以前受了傷而落下了毛病，也就是老毛病了．疑？ Larry， 你什麼時候受的傷，我怎麼不知道啊？
- I tore a tendon playing soccer several years ago, and now my knee hurts once in a while and it doesn't always bend very well.
- 哦～，你幾年前踢足球的時候受傷的啊，所以不時就會感到痛，還不能彎．嗯，我爺爺他年輕時腿也受過傷哎，現在只要一下雨，他的腿就會發作。
- Yes, having a bum knee or leg is very common, particularly among former professional athletes.
- 就是啊，這種傷害啊對職業運動員來說很常見的．我倒是很驚訝那些美式足球隊員啊，打起球來橫衝直撞的，居然還能走路呢！
- Yes, well many of them do suffer from a bum leg, a bum knee, or a bum shoulder.
- 嗯，他們的工資那麼高，據說有的年薪都上百萬呢！筋骨受傷啊大概只是個小小的代價吧！
- That's true, but not all of them make that much money and they still suffer injuries that leave them with a bum joint.
- 當然啊，不是每個球員工資都那麼高的．工資低的啊也經常會受傷的。
- Li Hua. I would play with you if I could. Try to find someone who can play with you. If you can't, give me a call and we can watch a movie or something.
- 嗯！我啊要是找不到打球的伴再給你打電話，看電影也挺好的哎。
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- 嗨，Larry，我找不到人和我打網球．你還想去看電影嗎？
- I'm sorry, I can't. My mom just called to tell me that my uncle is in the hospital because he has a bum ticker. I should go and visit him.
- 你要去醫院看望你叔叔，他怎麼啦？你說你叔叔得了什麼病， bum ticker？ 什麼是 ticker 啊？
- He has a bum ticker. Ticker is slang for one's heart because your heartbeats similar to the way in which a clock ticks. My uncle has a bad heart.
- 哦～，原來 ticker 是指心臟啊！疑，對哎，心臟是像鐘表那樣啊，滴滴答答地跳動． Larry，你是說你叔叔心臟病發作呀？
- No, he just had some pains in his chest. He knows that he has a bum ticker, so he went to the hospital to have it checked out.
- 原來他是因為胸口痛才住院．唉，希望他沒事兒．我爸爸心臟也不好，所以醫生特別叮嚀他要小心，避免壓力太大。
- Well, we've warned my uncle to take care of his old ticker, but he doesn't listen. He still eats junk food and he has a very stressful job.
- 看來啊你叔叔不是個聽話的病人哦．心臟不好的人應該要避免吃垃圾食物．或許你叔叔這一次出院後，就能意識到要好好照顧自己的心臟了。
- I hope so, but he has already had a heart attack and surgery, so I doubt he'll change his habits because of a few chest pains.
- 他已經發作過心臟病，還動過手術啊！那看來胸口痛是不會促使他改變飲食習慣了．哎，得了，你啊還是趕快上醫院去吧，我明天再和你聊囉！
- Okay, bye.
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