第一，迷你對話

A: Why did you cut class yesterday?

你昨天為何曠課。

B: I have got a bad cold.

我得了重感冒。

A: Don't fool me. If you were sick, why not ask for a sick leave?

別騙我。如果你病了，為什么不請假。

B: Belive it or not.

信不信由你。

第二，地道表達

cut class

1. 解詞釋義

Cut class的意思是“逃學，曠課”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. That term, John cut classes for weeks at a time.

那學期約翰一次曠課就幾個星期。

e.g. Several of the students cut class in order to attend a football match.

有幾個學生曠課去看一場足球賽。

e.g. If you cut your classes, you may fail.

如果曠課，你就會讀不好。

第三，語匯積累

1. get a bad cold：患重感冒

e.g. The boy has got a bad cold and his nose is badly stopped up.

這孩子患了重感冒，鼻子不透氣。

e.g. I have got a bad cold, running at the nose.

我傷風感冒很重, 直流鼻涕。

2. ask for a sick leave：請病假

e.g. You should give a call and ask for a sick leave.

你應該打電話請病假。

e.g. How can she ask for a sick leave today all days.

她怎么能偏偏在今天請病假。

e.g. She had no alternative but to ask for a few days' sick leave.

實在不得已，她只好請幾天病假。

3. sick leave：病假

e.g. I took a sick leave for a week last month.

我上個月休了一星期的病假。