在今天的對話中Michael會教李華兩個常用語：一個是under the weather，另一個是to grab a bite to eat.

    M： Hello？

    L： 喂，Michael，你今天怎么了？我怎么在學校沒看到你，打電話到你上班的地方也沒人接。你沒事兒吧？

    M： Oh， its nothing. I am just a little under the weather today， so I decided to take the rest of the day off and really rest.

    L： 什么？你說天氣不好，所以你就請一天假。天氣好好的嗎，你干嗎撒謊呢？

    M： No no， I said "I am under the weather today". Under， U-N-D-E-R； The Weather， W-E-A-T-H-E-R. Under the weather， it means sick.

    L： 噢，under the weather就是生病的意思啊，那你還不趕快看醫(yī)生��？

    M： Oh， don't worry. It's not very serious. Usually when someone says that they are under the weather， they mean they feel bad， but are not very sick.

    L： 你的病不嚴重，那我就放心了。可是你為什么今天覺得under the weather呢？

    M： Last night I went out to eat with a friend. After dinner， it started to rain heavily. We didn't have umbrellas， and I had to walk to a long way back to my car in the rain. I think I caught a cold， so now I feel under the weather.

    L： 難怪了，你吃完飯就淋著雨走了那么長的路。哎呀，你以后可千萬小心，萬一得了什么大病那該怎么辦呢？

    M： It's ok， Li Hua. I can take care of myself. That's why I am resting at home. That reminds me， how is your mother doing？ Didn't you say she was under the weather last week？

    L： 噢，我媽媽現(xiàn)在好多了。不過上星期可真把我們嚇壞了。上星期一她突然說不舒服，提前下班，第二天就開始咳嗽，渾身發(fā)軟。

    M： Oh no！ You must have been worried she had SARS.

    L： 沒錯，我家里人都擔心她感染了薩斯。所以每個人都嚷著自己 under the weather，不過啊，第二天我媽媽的情況好轉，他們每個人也都覺得自己好了。

    M： They were all thinking about SARS， so they also felt under the weather. In fact， they were all ok.

    L： 就是啊，他們覺得自己under the weather，我看純粹是心理作用。

    M： So why were you trying to call me at work today？

    L： 我打電話想問問你今天晚上要不要一快去吃飯。

    M： Well， I'd like to， but I really think I should stay at home tonight. Maybe this weekend we can grab a bite to eat.

    L： 你說我們這個周末吃什么？

    M： I said we can "grab a bite to eat". Grab， G-R-A-B； a bite， B-I-T-E； to eat， E-A-T. It means we can go out and have a quick meal somewhere this weekend.

    L： 噢，grab a bite to eat就是隨便到那個餐館吃一頓，對不對。

    M： That's about right. To be exact， it means to find some quick and simple food， like fast food.

    L： �。坑绕渲赋钥觳桶�，我可不想這樣隨便grab a bite to eat.我想去個有氣氛的好餐館。再說了，Michael，你也不應該老吃垃圾食物。

    M： I know， I know. It's just that I often don't have a lot of time between classes and work. So at lunchtime， I usually have to go to a fast food place and grab a bite to eat. I don't have time to go anywhere else.

    L： 如果你覺得中午時間很緊，那你就應該在家里把午飯準備好帶到學校。你看，你每天到外面grab a bite to eat，那樣你的開銷多大啊。

    M： I don't always grab a bite to eat at fast food places. Sometimes I make lunch at home. But it takes a lot of time in the evening， and sometimes I am busy then， too.

    L： Michael，你真是太不會照顧自己了，冒著雨亂跑，整天吃垃圾食品，難怪你會under the weather，以后你真的要好好照顧自己呢。

    今天Michael身體有點不舒服，就是under the weather：Michael約李華等他身體好了一起去grab a bite to eat，也就是隨便到外面吃點快餐。