2014年公共英语一级考试阅读指导(1)

2014-03-29 22:06:00来源：网络

　　I'm going to have a physical

　　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。

　　对话

　　Husband: Honey, it's Saturday night and you know what that means.

　　Wife: Sorry, I've got to go out.

　　Husband: Where are you going at this hour?

　　Wife: To the all- night doctor's clinic. I'm going to have a physical .

　　Something's wrong.

　　Husband: I'll say. I was hoping to get a little physical myself. HURRY!

　　丈夫: 甜心，现在是星期六晚上，你知道是什么意思吗?

　　妻子: 对不起，我要出去了。

　　丈夫: 这个时候你要去哪里?

　　妻子: 我要去通宵看诊的诊所做身体检查，身体有点不对劲。

　　丈夫: 我同意，我还想跟你亲热一下，赶快去吧!

　　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!)

　　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)。

　　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'。

　　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?)

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