▊课程简介
#一起来学最地道的英文#怎样和别人表达身体难受?看医生时如何描述症状?
这个时候描述【身体不适】就派上用场了。
八句话教你地道表达,快快打开本期直播课笔记寻找答案吧。
本节直播课对应课程--> 一点英语APP口语训练营-->《身体不适》
▊ 课程介绍
① 表达不同程度身体不适
② 英文与中文的表达差异之一:英文多使用名词化语言
③ 提升表达高级感,精准使用时态
1. 口语练习
①表达浑身难受
②表达身体某一部位难受
③表达发病具体症状
2. 地道表达
巧用介词under表达不同状态。
小提问:你知道under the weather是什么意思吗?
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对,人家都告诉你
表达难受只会用I don't feel well ?以下三个地道表达,你都需要掌握:
Part 1. I feel sick.
Part 2. I feel under the weather.
Part 3. I'm not myself today.
Part 1. I feel sick.
地道表达:以下两种情况分别用哪种表达去形容?
①感冒
②卧病在床
答案:
①I feel sick.
②I feel ill.
词义辨析:
sick:小病(如cold, fever)
ill: 比较严重的病(如cancer)
Part 2. I feel under the weather.
文化起源:
The phrase under the weather is a term from the days of old sailing ships.
The captain would sent any sailor below deck if he feels seasick.
Therefore, being below deck, the sailor would literally be under the weather.
①搭配短语:live under the cat's foot
战战兢兢
例句:You've been living under the cat's footsince you married your wife.
②搭配短语under the spell of
在某人的咒语下(得了魔怔)
例句:Our daughter has never acted like this before.
I think she must be under the spell of that man.
Part 3. I'm not myself today.
我今天状态不好
▊ 地道表达二:如何表达不适的具体症状或时间?
Part 1. I have a headache.
Part 2. I have a little tickle in my throat.
Part 3. I have beensuffering from it for 3 days.
Part 1. I have a headache.
直译:我有一个头疼
表意:我头疼
固定搭配:I + have +具体病症
①例句:I have a fever.
我发烧了。
②例句:I have a diarrhea.
我腹泻了。
③例句:我感冒了。
词义辨析:Cold & flu
I have a cold. 指普通感冒
I have a flu. 指得了流感
Part 2. I have a little tickle in my throat.
重点词汇
tickle
n.痒感
固定搭配:I + have + 不适感 +部位
【地道表达】中文通常用动词化语言,英文通常名词化语言,学会多多使用名词化,会让自己的英文表达更地道。
①例句:I have a tightness in my chest.
我胸部发紧。
重点词汇
tightness
n.紧绷感
②例句:I have a numbness in my arm.
我手臂麻木。
重点词汇
numbness
n.麻木
Part 3. I have been suffering from it for 3 days.
固定搭配:suffer from sth.
受到…的折磨
语法点:为什么这句话用在现在完成时(have been + doing sth.)?
因为现在完成时表达动作发生在过去,并对现在产生了影响,而且这种影响仍在继续。
【情景口语】
Doctor: How long have you been having this sore throat?
You: I have been suffering from it for 3 days.
医生:你喉咙痛多久了?
你: 痛了三天了。
▊ 地道表达三:身体不适带来的不良反应,以得了肠胃炎为例。
搭配短语:stomach flu
肠胃炎
患上了肠胃炎会有什么反应?
①I'm gonna throw up.
② I'm passing out.
①I'm gonna throw up.
搭配短语:throw up
呕吐
同义词:vomit
语法点:gonna
gonna是由发音产生的词,be gonna do sth.来自be going to do sth。
②.I'm passing out.
搭配短语: pass out
晕过去了
同义词:faint
语法点:be doing sth,进行时表将来,指即将做某事。
【翻译练习】
①我走了哦
思考:用什么时态表达适合?
答案:
I'm leaving.
② 我不走了哦
思考:可以直接在I'm leaving中间加“not”表达不走吗?
英译中不要一对一逐一翻译。
答案:
I'm staying.
其他扩展词汇
open bowl
大便
heart burned
烧心