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Dad Is Ill

1--Dad was really bad-tempered¹ last night. And it's not like him. He used to like meeting my friends.

2--Well, I'm afraid you've come at rather a bad time.

1--What do you mean?

2--Well, I wasn't going to tell you...He hasn't been feeling very well lately.

1--Has he seen the doctor?

2--Yes, he had a check-up last month. The doctor says he may have to go into hospital.

1--Oh no! What is it, exactly?

2--They're not sure. But they think it may be his heart.

1--Oh, perhaps I ought to stay here, then. The others can go without me.

2--No, there's no point in that. It probably isn't serious at all. And please, Jane, don't say anything to your Dad about this...

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注释：

1）be bad-tempered：心情、情绪很不好。temper作“情绪”“脾气”解。bad-tempered是形容词+名词+ed构成的表语形容词。类似的短语还有be warm-hearted, be absent-minded，be short-sighted等。

2）used to用以表示过去经常的情况。注意be used to(doing)的区别。

3）There's no point in that：point作“意义”；“目的”解。这句话也可改为There is no point in doing so.

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译文：

1--爸昨晚情绪很不好。以前可不是这样。他过去很乐意见我的朋友。

2--嗨，恐怕你来的不是时候。

1--这话什么意思？

2--哦，我本来不想告诉你......。他近来感觉身体不太好。

1--他去看过医生吗？

2--看过，上个月他做过一次体检。医生说他也许得住院治疗。

1--真的呀！到底得了什么病？

2--他们没有确诊，但是，说可能是心脏有问题。

1--噢，那我也许该留在这儿。让他们自己走吧。

2--不，这没有必要。或许病情根本就不严重。简，你可什么也别对你爸说......

1 bad-tempered   

adj.脾气坏的

参考例句：

• He grew more and more bad-tempered as the afternoon wore on.随着下午一点点地过去，他的脾气也越来越坏。
• I know he's often bad-tempered but really,you know,he's got a heart of gold.我知道他经常发脾气，但是，要知道，其实他心肠很好。