用英语读(原版)英语训练系列1： Looking after an ill tourist

你要真想先训练和提高自己的英语语言能力，再考虑学一些所谓的“实用地道”英语口语，所谓“学了就马上能用上”的英语口语(其实，很多人就算学了最“地道实用”的英语口语也根本用不上)，你就先跟着我做下面的“能力训练”吧。

Looking after an ill traveler

Wang Hui: Good afternoon,Madam. Are you satisfied with your room?

Mrs.White: Yes.Everything's fine, except my husband isn't feeling very well.

Wang Hui: Sorry to hear that.Where's Mr.White?

Mrs.White: He's here lying on the bed.

          (Wang Hui follows Mrs.White to the bed.)

Wang Hui: Hello,Mr.White.Are you feeling any better now?

Mr.White: Not yet,I'm feeling even worse now.

Wang Hui: What's the matter?

Mr.White: I think I've got a fever and also a sharp pain in my belly.

Wang Hui: How long have you felt like this?

Mrs.White: It's been about an hour.

Wang Hui: Don't worry,Mr.White,but maybe you should see a doctor.I'll

          ring the hotel to call a taxi to take you to the nearest hospital.

Mrs.White: Thank you very much.We really appreciate your help.

Wang Hui: My pleasure.

读到上面的英语，你必须能想到和说出(翻译出)下面的英语(而不是中文)，从而实现不需要中文就能理解“原文”，又同时训练了口语。

我们开始：

Looking after an ill tourist

1. Well, looking after an ill traveler means taking care of an ill tourist.To look after somebody is to take care of somebody

2. An ill tourist is a sick tourist.To be ill means to be sick.

3. A tourist is a traveler for sightseeing, a person who is traveling on vacation

你能这么“想”英语吗？你能“想到”这样的英语来读吗？

Wang Hui: Good afternoon,Madam. Are you satisfied with your room?

1. Are you satisfied with your room?

  If you are satisfied with somebody,or something,you are pleased,you are happy about somebody or something

Yes.Everything's fine, except my husband isn't feeling very well.

1. Everything's fine means So far so good.

2. If you are not feeling well,you are ill,you are sick

Sorry to hear that.Where's Mr.White?

He's here lying on the bed.

1. He's lying on the bed.He's lying on the bed.什么意思啊？

  He's staying in the bed.He's taking a rest in the bed.He's sleeping in the bed.

  你不要光听，你要一起开口跟我说哟！

Wang Hui follows Mrs.White to the bed.

1. Wang Hui goes after Mrs.White to the bed.

  To follow somebody means to go after somebody

Hello,Mr.White.Are you feeling any better now?

Not yet,I'm feeling even worse now.

What's the matter?

1. What's the matter? What's the matter?

  What's the problem? What's wrong?What's the trouble? What's happening?

我可以“借用”这么多英语来理解英语，你可以吗？

I think I've got a fever and also a sharp pain in my belly.

1. I think I've got a high body temperature,that's a fever.

2. and also a serious ache in my stomach.

3. So a pain is an ache,and your belly is your stomach

How long have you felt like this?

It's been about an hour.

1. It's been around an hour.It's been almost one hour.

  About means around ,or almost

So It's been about an hour means It's been around an hour.It's been almost one hour.

Don't worry,Mr.White,but maybe you should see a doctor

1. Don't worry means Take it easy,or just relax.Everything will be Okay.Do Don't worry means Take it easy,or just relax.Everything will be Okay.

2. You should see a doctor means You should visit a doctor.You should go to the hospital.

I'll ring the hotel to call a taxi to take you to the nearest hospital.

1. If we ring somebody,we make a telephone call to somebody.We telephone somebody.We call somebody on the phone.

2. To call a taxi is to get a taxi, to hail a taxi

Thank you very much.We really appreciate your help

1. To thank somebody means to appreciate somebody. Thank you means I appreciate it.

My pleasure.

My pleasure means You're welcome

你是这么“用英语读英语”的吗？还是你是“翻译”成中文来“读”的？

我们学习英语的目的实在是非常简单明了：

当你感觉自己的英语“走到”中等水平(即高中水平)之后，你所要做的一切，就是练就“用英语学英语”，“用英语理解英语”，“用英语积累英语”，阅读时是“把英语'翻译’成英语(不再是'翻译’成中文)，“见英语说的想的还是英语”，“把英语作为学英语的'理解语言’”的习惯和能力。

同样是“读”或“见”到一句一段英语，你脑子里出现的“第一反应”是中文：中文意思是什么？

我脑子里出现的却是“更多的英语”。

这个“能力”就叫“英语能力”“英语语言能力”，一种通过训练可以获得的“能力”。

为了实现这个能力你就坚持不懈地大量做这方面的训练就好了。