I’m going to have a physical 3 j, v2 M9 W/ I& w$ ~9 c1 k
预防胜于治疗，要有效预防疾病，医生常建议我们定期做身体检查，英文可以说：I’m going to have a physical (我去做身体检查)，体检也可叫做：A physical check-up/ a medical或body check。
1 g) s% U+ C' f0 u对话
4 ? ?' U* E& b0 i- QHusband: Honey, it’s Saturday night and you know what that means. : U# M6 `* P$ E
Wife: Sorry, I’ve got to go out.
- O$ T0 y9 J8 K7 e& E8 OHusband: Where are you going at this hour? + N5 Q% J4 r: ~7 M
Wife: To the all- night doctor’s clinic. I’m going to have a physical .
8 [& b, k( V- y/ A" hSomething’s wrong. % }! s0 y7 ?* E! ~: ]
Husband: I’ll say. I was hoping to get a little physical myself. HURRY!
5 i0 ^9 u- r, g6 r. Q' _7 u0 q丈夫: 甜心，现在是星期六晚上，你知道是什么意思吗? 9 E$ z, i3 d+ Q& j; d
妻子: 对不起，我要出去了。
: V& C9 z' Y; R( P) e) S丈夫: 这个时候你要去哪里? 中 华 考 试 网
# K! X5 C: b6 x0 [2 g4 S7 |妻子: 我要去通宵看诊的诊所做身体检查，身体有点不对劲。
1 y; Z+ N2 ^' k5 S h丈夫: 我同意，我还想跟你亲热一下，赶快去吧!
; V7 u& n( T3 H' N8 [7 R丈夫晚上问妻子：Where are you going at this hour?(这个时候你要去哪里?)妻子说：I’m going to have a physical(我要去检查身体。)丈夫有些失望说：I was hoping to get a little physical myself(我还想和你亲热一下呢!) % C( p/ k# u' u0 n
Physical是‘身体的’或‘肉体的’，所以‘体育’叫physical education。身体检查美式英文叫physical examination，英式则叫medical examination，俗语简称为physical或medical。此外，还有health/medical checkup、health/medical check等说法，例如：(1) You have to pass a physical before getting the employment contract(你要身体检查合格，才可获得聘用合约)。(2) If you are having intense abdominal pains, you had better go to your doctor for a checkup(假如你腹痛剧烈，最好找医生检查一下身体)。 7 m8 O! \ K$ H* Y) e, V4 _6 }. _
又由于physical有‘肉体’的意思，俚语常以get physical来说‘肉体接触’，包括性爱、爱抚等，例如：The very first time he dated Mary, he tried to get physical(他第一次和玛丽约会，就想动手动脚)。上文那丈夫说I was hoping to get a little physical，当然是语带双关，把‘身体检查’变做‘亲热一下’。 3 ~5 P R7 ~1 ~# c C5 Q
留意at this hour的说法。这三字一般带‘这么早/晚，怎么还……’的惊讶或不高兴含义，例如：(1) Why are you still working at this hour of night?(这么晚了，你怎么还在工作?)(2) Who can be knocking at the door at this early/late hour?(这么早/晚，谁在敲门呢?) |
发表于 2012-8-14 13:02:30
