DIALOGUE 96:Dad Is Ill

1--Dad was really bad-tempered last night. And it's

not like him. He used to like meeting my friends.

2--Well, I'm afraid you've come at rather a bad time.

1--What do you mean?

2--Well, I wasn't going to tell you...He hasn't been

feeling very well lately.

1--Has he seen the doctor?

2--Yes, he had a check-up last month. The doctor

says he may have to go into hospital.

1--Oh no! What is it, exactly?

2--They're not sure. But they think it may be his

heart.

1--Oh, perhaps I ought to stay here, then. The others

can go without me.

2--No, there's no point in that. It probably isn't serious

at all. And please, Jane, don't say anything to

your Dad about this...

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注釋：

1）be bad-tempered：心情、情緒很不好。temper作

“情緒”“脾氣”解。bad-tempered是形容詞+名詞

+ed構成的表語形容詞。類似的短語還有be warm-hearted,

be absent-minded，be short-sighted等。

2）used to用以表示過去經常的情況。注意be used

to(doing)的區別。

3）There's no point in that：point作“意義”；“目的”

解。這句話也可改為There is no point in doing so.

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譯文：

1--爸昨晚情緒很不好。以前可不是這樣。他過去很

樂意見我的朋友。

2--嗨，恐怕你來的不是時候。

1--這話什么意思？

2--哦，我本來不想告訴你......。他近來感覺身體不太好。

1--他去看過醫生嗎？

2--看過，上個月他做過一次體檢。醫生說他也許得住院治療。

1--真的呀！到底得了什么病？

2--他們沒有確診，但是，說可能是心臟有問題。

1--噢，那我也許該留在這兒。讓他們自己走吧。

2--不，這沒有必要。或許病情根本就不嚴重。簡，你

可什么也別對你爸說......