Unit 7 机舱内晕机用语
X: Oh, you look kind of pale. What's the matter?
Y: I feel sick.
X: Do you? Just a minute. Let me get the airsick bag ready... Here.
Y: Thank you.
X: Shall I get you some water?
Y: No, thank you. I'll be all right as soon as the plane gets out of this turbulence.
X: 咦，你看起来脸色有点苍白。怎么回事呢？
Y: 我有点不舒服。
X: 真的吗？等一下，让我先把呕吐袋准备好……拿去吧。
Y: 谢谢你。
X: 要不要帮你倒些水来？
Y: 不了，谢谢你。只要飞机脱离这乱流，我就没事了。
字词词组精解
1.pale a. 苍白的, 没有血色的
例: Mary looks pale.
(玛丽面色苍白。)
2.kind of... 有一点……
＊本文中的kind of是副词, 表示『有一点』之意, 类似用法尚有"sort of", 其后均可接形容词、副词或动词。
kind of + 形容词 有一点……
sort of 副词
动词
例: He is kind of ugly.
(他有点丑。)
James sort of wants to kiss me.
(詹姆士有一点想吻我的意思。)
注意:
a.the/a kind of及the/a sort of则是词组形容词, 后须接名词, 且名词前不可再有冠词, 因为kind of及sort of之前, 已有冠词"the/a"了。
例: Peter is the kind of a man who works hard. ( )
→Peter is the kind of man who works hard. (○)
=Peter is the sort of man who works hard.
(彼得是个工作认真的人。)
b.在口语中, kind of (有一点) 常因连音关系说成kinda, 而sort of则说成sorta。
例: I feel kinda tired today.
(我今天觉得有点累。)
3.sick a. 有病的, 欲呕的
sick这个字通常可用ill替代。
重要成语: fall ill with... 因……而病倒
例: He was sick yesterday.
=He was ill yesterday.
(他昨天生病了。)
Tom fell ill with a bad cold.
(汤姆因重感冒而病倒了。)
4.airsick a. 晕机的
an airsick bag 呕吐袋
例: Please put your airsick bag under your seat.
(请把呕吐袋放在座位下。)
类似的字尚有:
seasick a. 晕船的
carsick a. 晕车的
例: Whenever I travel by boat, I get seasick.
(每次我搭船旅游都会晕船。)
5.as soon as... 一旦……
例: As soon as I arrive in America, I will write you.
=Once I arrive in America, I will write you.
=The moment I arrive in America, I will write you.
(我一旦到美国就会写信给你。)
6.turbulence n. 大气的乱流
例: I spilled my drink during the turbulence.
(在乱流之中，我把饮料弄翻了。)
句型运用
1.What's the matter? 怎么回事？
=What's wrong?
＊此句型通常用在看到有人出状况时询问对方的话。比如说哪天在河边看到一位姑娘嚎啕大哭, 此时, 雄哥的反应便是一个箭步窜过去, 用关爱的语气询问她:
"What's the matter?"
小姐, 怎么回事啊？
例: Tom: Why are you crying? What's the matter?
Mary: I didn't pass the examination.
(汤姆: 你怎么哭了，怎么回事啊？)
(玛丽: 我考试没过啊。)
2.Just a minute. 请等一下。
＊这句话其实前面省略了please wait这两个字, 它的原来句型应是"Please wait just a minute." (请等一下。), 通常老美口语只说"Just a minute."与此同义的尚有"Just a moment."和"Just a second." (且慢, 请等一下。)
例: Tom: See you tomorrow.
Bob: Just a minute. I want a word with you.
(汤姆: 明天见。)
(鲍伯: 请等一下。我有话跟你说。)
3.Let me get the airsick bag ready. 让我把呕吐袋准备好。
get sth ready 将某物准备妥当
例: Let me get the camera ready.
(让我把相机准备好。)
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