迷你对话学地道口语第375期:有病容的,脸色不好的

　　第一、迷你对话
A: How is he?
她身体怎么样？
B: Not very well. He was white about the gills.
不好，他脸色苍白。
A: Did he see the doctor?
你看过医生了吗？
B: Yeah, but he refused to take the medicine.
看过了，可是他拒绝吃药。
A: Why?
为什么。
B:I don’t know the reason.
我不清楚原因。
第二、对话精讲
1. 地道表达
核心短语】white about the gills
解词释义】gills是“腮”，是与的器官。鱼离开水时，不再呼吸，影响血液流通，腮的颜色就会改变。在17世纪gills是指人的腮，所以此语比喻“人有病或受到惊吓时的脸色”。如果表示“有病容或呕吐，颜色发白”的是white about the gills。
例句】As the sea became rougher and the boat rolled from side to side, many passengers began to look white about the gills.
海浪更加汹涌，船左右摇晃，许多旅客开始好像恶心想吐。
派生短语】green about the gills：脸色不好
rosy¹ about the gills：颜色很好，气色红润
red about the gills：脸色好，满脸通红，两腮红润
第二、词海拾贝
see the doctor：看病，看医生
例句-1】I'd like to see the doctor as soon as possible.
我想尽快看医生。
例句-2】I went to see the doctor today about my cough.
今天我去找医生治疗咳嗽。
take the medicine：吃药
例句-1】Here's a prescription² for you.Please take the medicine according to the instruction.
这是你的药方。请按批示服药。
例句-2】The doctor gave me explicit³ instructions on when and how to take the medicine.
大夫详细地告诉我该何时服药以及如何服药。

1 rosy   

adj.美好的，乐观的，玫瑰色的

参考例句：

• She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作，生活看上去很美好。
• She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。

2 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

3 explicit   

adj.详述的，明确的；坦率的；显然的

参考例句：

• She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
• He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。