英语小故事
这天Jenny花陪一位新来的美国同学去报名。Jenny花觉得很奇怪:“开始了美好的大学生活应该高兴才是,她怎么一脸沮丧啊?”于是Jenny花便问:“What’s wrong with you?”原来这位同学本想进另外一所大学,但是她的父母偏不答应。同学最后还说:“I have a feeling in my bones that my parents don’t like me.”Jenny花一听她这么说,似懂非懂,心想:“她是不是骨头不舒服,因为这样所以父母都不理她了?”于是,Jenny花说:“Don’t worry! I will send you to the hospital.”同学听完哈哈大笑。
情景再现
May: What’s wrong with you?
阿美:你怎么了?
Wendy: I wasn’t admitted by the No.1 middle school, and I chose this No.2 middle school without my parents’ permission. As a result, they are quite despaired. I have a feeling in my bones that my parents don’t like me.
温迪:我没能考上一中,又没经过父母同意擅自选择了二中,结果他们很失望。我总觉得我的父母不喜欢我。
英语小解说
to have a feeling也就是“有个感觉”的意思。请大家不要将to have a feeling in one’s bones误解为“某人骨头酸痛,感到不舒服”,它是指“某人有一种强烈的感觉,似乎什么事情将要发生,但是他又无法解释为什么”。所以I have a feeling in my bones that my parents don’t like me.的意思就是“我总感觉我的父母不喜欢我。”又如:I have a feeling in my bones that I wasn’t admitted by the best school in the town.这句话的意思是“我有一种强烈的感觉,我没能被镇上最好的大学录取。”