在今天的對(duì)話中Michael會(huì)教李華兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：一個(gè)是under the weather，另一個(gè)是to grab a bite to eat.

    M： Hello？

    L： 喂，Michael，你今天怎么了？我怎么在學(xué)校沒(méi)看到你，打電話到你上班的地方也沒(méi)人接。你沒(méi)事兒吧？

    M： 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.

    L： 什么？你說(shuō)天氣不好，所以你就請(qǐng)一天假。天氣好好的嗎，你干嗎撒謊呢？

    M： 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.

    L： 噢，under the weather就是生病的意思啊，那你還不趕快看醫(yī)生��？

    M： 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.

    L： 你的病不嚴(yán)重，那我就放心了�？墒悄銥槭裁唇裉煊X(jué)得under the weather呢？

    M： 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.

    L： 難怪了，你吃完飯就淋著雨走了那么長(zhǎng)的路。哎呀，你以后可千萬(wàn)小心，萬(wàn)一得了什么大病那該怎么辦呢？

    M： 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？

    L： 噢，我媽媽現(xiàn)在好多了。不過(guò)上星期可真把我們嚇壞了。上星期一她突然說(shuō)不舒服，提前下班，第二天就開(kāi)始咳嗽，渾身發(fā)軟。

    M： Oh no！ You must have been worried she had SARS.

    L： 沒(méi)錯(cuò)，我家里人都擔(dān)心她感染了薩斯。所以每個(gè)人都嚷著自己 under the weather，不過(guò)啊，第二天我媽媽的情況好轉(zhuǎn)，他們每個(gè)人也都覺(jué)得自己好了。

    M： They were all thinking about SARS， so they also felt under the weather. In fact， they were all ok.

    L： 就是啊，他們覺(jué)得自己under the weather，我看純粹是心理作用。

    M： So why were you trying to call me at work today？

    L： 我打電話想問(wèn)問(wèn)你今天晚上要不要一快去吃飯。

    M： 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.

    L： 你說(shuō)我們這個(gè)周末吃什么？

    M： 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.

    L： 噢，grab a bite to eat就是隨便到那個(gè)餐館吃一頓，對(duì)不對(duì)。

    M： That's about right. To be exact， it means to find some quick and simple food， like fast food.

    L： ��？尤其指吃快餐啊，我可不想這樣隨便grab a bite to eat.我想去個(gè)有氣氛的好餐館。再說(shuō)了，Michael，你也不應(yīng)該老吃垃圾食物。

    M： 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.

    L： 如果你覺(jué)得中午時(shí)間很緊，那你就應(yīng)該在家里把午飯準(zhǔn)備好帶到學(xué)校。你看，你每天到外面grab a bite to eat，那樣你的開(kāi)銷多大啊。

    M： 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.

    L： Michael，你真是太不會(huì)照顧自己了，冒著雨亂跑，整天吃垃圾食品，難怪你會(huì)under the weather，以后你真的要好好照顧自己呢。

    今天Michael身體有點(diǎn)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(diǎn)快餐。