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2026.04.16 11:28
第九部 第六课: bum , ticker
- 李华打电话问 Larry 今天下午要不要一块儿去打网球．今天李华会学到两个常用语： bum 和 ticker.
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- 嘿！Larry，你今天下午有空吗？想不想和我去打网球？今天天气啊真好！
- I'm sorry, Li Hua, but my bum knee is bothering me. I don't think it's a good idea to play tennis right now.
- 你的膝盖怎麼啦？ Bum knee，那是什麼毛病啊？
- I have a bum knee means that there is something permanently wrong with my knee.
- 哦～，原来 a bum knee 就是一个膝盖以前受了伤而落下了毛病，也就是老毛病了．疑？ Larry， 你什麼时候受的伤，我怎麼不知道啊？
- I tore a tendon playing soccer several years ago, and now my knee hurts once in a while and it doesn't always bend very well.
- 哦～，你几年前踢足球的时候受伤的啊，所以不时就会感到痛，还不能弯．嗯，我爷爷他年轻时腿也受过伤哎，现在只要一下雨，他的腿就会发作。
- Yes, having a bum knee or leg is very common, particularly among former professional athletes.
- 就是啊，这种伤害啊对职业运动员来说很常见的．我倒是很惊讶那些美式足球队员啊，打起球来横衝直撞的，居然还能走路呢！
- Yes, well many of them do suffer from a bum leg, a bum knee, or a bum shoulder.
- 嗯，他们的工资那麼高，据说有的年薪都上百万呢！筋骨受伤啊大概只是个小小的代价吧！
- That's true, but not all of them make that much money and they still suffer injuries that leave them with a bum joint.
- 当然啊，不是每个球员工资都那麼高的．工资低的啊也经常会受伤的。
- Li Hua. I would play with you if I could. Try to find someone who can play with you. If you can't, give me a call and we can watch a movie or something.
- 嗯！我啊要是找不到打球的伴再给你打电话，看电影也挺好的哎。
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- 嗨，Larry，我找不到人和我打网球．你还想去看电影吗？
- I'm sorry, I can't. My mom just called to tell me that my uncle is in the hospital because he has a bum ticker. I should go and visit him.
- 你要去医院看望你叔叔，他怎麼啦？你说你叔叔得了什麼病， bum ticker？ 什麼是 ticker 啊？
- He has a bum ticker. Ticker is slang for one's heart because your heartbeats similar to the way in which a clock ticks. My uncle has a bad heart.
- 哦～，原来 ticker 是指心臟啊！疑，对哎，心臟是像鐘表那样啊，滴滴答答地跳动． Larry，你是说你叔叔心臟病发作呀？
- No, he just had some pains in his chest. He knows that he has a bum ticker, so he went to the hospital to have it checked out.
- 原来他是因為胸口痛才住院．唉，希望他没事儿．我爸爸心臟也不好，所以医生特别叮嚀他要小心，避免压力太大。
- Well, we've warned my uncle to take care of his old ticker, but he doesn't listen. He still eats junk food and he has a very stressful job.
- 看来啊你叔叔不是个听话的病人哦．心臟不好的人应该要避免吃垃圾食物．或许你叔叔这一次出院后，就能意识到要好好照顾自己的心臟了。
- I hope so, but he has already had a heart attack and surgery, so I doubt he'll change his habits because of a few chest pains.
- 他已经发作过心臟病，还动过手术啊！那看来胸口痛是不会促使他改变饮食习惯了．哎，得了，你啊还是赶快上医院去吧，我明天再和你聊囉！
- Okay, bye.
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