你可以天天說英語--Catch a Bug

對 話

Jesse：What’s wrong, Sarah? You’re not yourself today!

潔西：莎拉，你怎麼了？你今天不太對勁！

Sarah：Oh, I think I caught a bug. I have a sore throat.

莎拉：噢，我想我感冒了。我喉嚨痛。

Jesse：Does that mean you can’t go to the karaoke bar with me?

潔西：所以說，你不能跟我一起去唱卡拉 OK 羅？

Sarah：Definitely not. Sorry.

莎拉：真的不行。對不起。

Jesse：Sarah, you always have some excuse!

潔西：莎拉，你老是有藉口！

Sarah：That’s not true.

莎拉：哪有。

Jesse：Last time, you said that you broke your leg, and then I saw you playing
soccer.

潔西：上一次你說你摔斷腿，可是後來我看到你在踢足球。

Sarah：The doctor said I needed to stretch it.

莎拉：醫生說我的腿需要伸展一下嘛。

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★bug原指「小蟲」，在本俚語中則指「細菌」或「病毒」，catch a bug字面上的意思是「抓到細菌」，引申指「小感冒」或「身體微恙」，意思等同pick up / get a bug、catch a cold / chill，或 get the flu。