每日学英语[第6期]

第1037期 2005-5-30

旺旺英语语音精品报

　=> 每日单词　

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shy　
(a.) 害羞的；胆小的

Jennifer is a very shy girl. She is so quiet.
珍妮弗是个很害羞的女孩。她好文静。

afraid　
(a.) 害怕……的

I'm not afraid of Peter! I'll talk to him about this problem.
我才不怕彼德呢！我会和他谈谈这个问题的。

　=> 每日短语　

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out of the doghouse

再度得宠
in the doghouse 是指‘失宠’，所以out of the doghouse就是‘再度得宠’

A: Are you out of the doghouse with your folks yet?
你爸妈饶了你没？
B: No, I'm grounded for a week.
没，我被禁足一周。

　=> 最清晰发音模仿

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I can't wait!

我等不及了！

A: Tomorrow is your birthday, right?
B: Yes, it is. I can't wait!
A: 明天是你的生日，对吧？
B: 是啊，我等不及了！

A: Everything is ready. The party will start soon.
B: I can't wait!
A: 一切准备就绪。派对就快开始了。
B: 我等不及了！

　=> 每日会话　

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Lucy: Yes. They even gave us a set amount because he couldn't work for a while.
Fiona: I'm not even sure what our policy covers. I haven't looked at it in ages.
Lucy: Tell me about it. It took me years to figure out ours.
Fiona: My agent's no help, either. I can't ever seem to get him on the phone.
Lucy: For the amount you pay, he should be calling you.

(续上期,待续)

阿　露︰是的。由于他那阵子无法工作，他们还给了我们一笔钱。
费欧娜︰我连我们保了哪些东西都不确定。我好久没去看保单了。
阿　露︰就是说啊。我花了好几年才搞懂我们那份保单。
费欧娜︰我的业务员一点忙也没帮上。打电话似乎都联络不到他。
阿　露︰以你付的那一大笔金额来说，他应该要主动打电话给你才对。



重点解说：

★ policy (n.) 保险契约，保险单
★ agent (n.) 经纪人。insurance agent / salesman 即一般俗称的‘保险业务员’
★ in ages 长时间，好几年

　=> 每日开讲

I feel like I've got a fever.

在早前SARS非常流行的时候，有两件事情会令人变成罪人，一是发烧，二是咳嗽。因为大家都在高度恐惧之中，有时候真的会疑神疑鬼，疑心自己在发烧。这句话应怎么说呢？就是："I feel like I've got a fever." ‘我觉得我好像发烧了。’

"I feel like I've got a fever." 里的feel like是我觉得，但并不是真的。那到底发烧的症状有那些呢？可以有"Shivering"发抖或是"Sweating"流汗或是"High-temperature"高温。那么该怎么办呢？最简单就是"Take your temperature." ‘量量自己的体温。’说到退烧，例如：‘我昨天晚上退烧了。’"My fever broke last night."

对话
Ａ：Your face is turning red. Did you drink a lot?
Ｂ：No, I feel like I've got a fever. I'd better see a doctor.
Ａ：Yes, I agree.
Ｂ：I wonder if I can take this afternoon off.
甲：你的脸色看上去很红。你喝了很多酒呀？
乙：不是，我觉得我好像发烧。我想看医生。
甲：对，我赞成。
乙：我今天下午想请假。

说感觉，英文常用feel like二字，这不可以直译做‘感到喜欢’，而应解作‘想’或‘要’，而‘想’、‘要’的事物不一定可喜可爱。I feel like a swim. 或 I feel like swimming. 是‘我想游泳’，说话者当然以游泳为乐；但I feel like vomiting / crying.（我想呕吐/哭。）等，却绝不可喜。

根据文法，解作‘想’、‘要’的feel like 须和swim等名词和swimming等动名词 (gerund) 连用。但I feel like I have got a fever.（我觉得自己似乎发烧。）一语，feel like之后为什么却用子句 (clause) 而不是名词、动名词？

原来上述两个feel like不同。I feel like crying的feel like是固定成语，二字不可分开；I feel like I have got a fever的feel like. 意思则是 ‘觉得好像’，那like字可用as if取代：I feel as if I have got a fever.

然则as if和like是不是通用的？严格而言，解作‘好像’，like之后须用名词，as if之后则用子句，例如：(1) It looks like rain.（看来会下雨。） (2) It looks as if it is going to rain.（看来会下雨。）口头英语往往以like取代as if ，于是有It looks like it is going to rain. 之类句子，这和I feel like (=as if) I have got a fever. 一样，是通俗说法，严谨的公文写作自然不宜使用。

作者：古德明（香港）