迷你对话学地道口语第244期:活到老

　　迷你对话：
A: Mr. Brown is in hospital again.
布朗先生又住院了。
B: Is he? He’s never been healthy.
是么？他身体总是不大好。
A: When I went to see him yesterday, he looked rather¹ pale².
我昨天去看他的时间，他的脸色很苍白。
B: I’m afraid he won’t make old bones.
恐怕他活不了多久的。
地道表达：
make old bones
解词释义：
old bones就是指“老家伙，长寿的人”，make old bones意思就是“想成为长寿的人，活到老”。
支持范例：
All members of my family make old bones; my father was³ over eighty years old when he died⁴.
我家里人的寿命都很长，我的父亲活到８０多岁才去世。
I'm afraid he will never make old bones.
我看他活不长。
I've a strange⁵ feeling⁶ that ill never make old bones.
我有一个奇怪的感觉，我不会活到很老。
词海拾贝：
in hospital：住院
Eg. He ask for leave of absence⁷ to visit his mother in hospital.
他请假去探望住院的母亲。
Eg. He's still in hospital but out of danger⁸.
他仍在住院, 但已脱离了危险.
Eg. He looked out some books for his friend in hospital.
他为住院的朋友挑选几本书。
Eg. He's been in hospital since⁹ his accident¹⁰.
他从发生事故之后，一直在医院。

1 rather   

adv.宁愿，宁可；相当

参考例句：

• I would rather go out tonight,if you don't mind. 如果你不介意的话，我宁愿今晚出去。
• This book is rather too easy for this boy.这本书对于这个孩子来说太简单。

2 pale   

adj.苍白的，无力的，暗淡的

参考例句：

• You look a bit pale.你脸色有点苍白。
• He seems to be sick,for he appears pale.看样子他病了，因为他面色看起来很苍白。

3 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

4 died   

vbl.死亡，消逝v.死亡，枯萎( die的过去式和过去分词 )；死时处于（某种状态）或具有（某种身份）adj.死亡的，消逝的

参考例句：

• He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
• He was utterly bereft when his wife died. 他的妻子去世时，他十分凄凉。

5 strange   

adj.奇怪的；古怪的

参考例句：

• She's a strange policewoman.她是个作风奇特的女警。
• I heard a strange sound.我听到一种奇怪的声音。

6 feeling   

n.感觉，知觉，感情

参考例句：

• I am feeling better now.我现在觉得好些了。
• I'm feeling kind of tired.我感到有点累。

7 absence   

adj.不在，缺席；n.缺乏，缺少，缺席

参考例句：

• He excused his absence by saying that he was ill. 他说他生病了，为他缺席开脱。
• She called in your absence.你不在时她来过。

8 danger   

n.危险，危险物，威胁

参考例句：

• It's a danger to peace.这是对和平的威胁。
• The people are in danger;we must help them off.人们处境危险，我们必须帮助他们离开。

9 since   

adv.后来；conj.既然，因为，自从；prep.自从

参考例句：

• He's been working in a bank since leaving school.自从毕业后，他就一直在一家银行工作。
• I have known him ever since I was a child.我自孩提时代起就已经认识他了。

10 accident   

n.事故，意外的事

参考例句：

• He had a traffic accident.他出了交通事故。
• An accident was happened yesterday.昨天发生了一起事故。