Twenty minutes later
Lily:Mom!
Mom:[Goes into Lily's room] What are you doing?
Lily:I'm playing with my new jump rope! Watch this! [jumps around]
Mom:You are sick, young lady. Get back in bed! I called you in sick today, so you're going to lie down and fight that flu!
Lily:But I feel better.
Mom:Then maybe you should go to school. If you're feeling so much better, you'll ace that English test, right?
Lily:OK. I get it. I'm getting back into bed...
jump rope
跳繩
Let's play with this jump rope.
我們來玩跳繩。
young lady
小姑娘,小姐(在此有警告的意味)
Young lady, you better be home before 12:00.
小姐,你最好十二點(diǎn)前回到家。
call someone in sick
打電話請(qǐng)病假
Can you call me in sick?
你可以幫我打電話去請(qǐng)病假嗎?
flu (n.)
流行性感冒
A: Are you sick?
你生病了嗎?
B: I think I have the flu.
我想我被傳染病毒了。
ace (v.)
得到高分,考得很好
You aced your math test!
你以高分通過數(shù)學(xué)測(cè)驗(yàn)。
二十分鐘后
莉莉:媽!
媽媽:(走進(jìn)莉莉的房間)你在干嘛?
莉莉:我在玩新買的跳繩!妳看喔!(跳來跳去)
媽媽:妳生病了,小姐。躺回床上!我打電話幫你請(qǐng)病假了,所以你要好好躺著,對(duì)抗感冒!
莉莉:但我覺得好多了。
媽媽:那或許你該上學(xué)了。如果你的病已經(jīng)好這么多,你的英文應(yīng)該會(huì)考得不錯(cuò),對(duì)吧?
莉莉:好啦。我知道了。我會(huì)躺回床上……