用英語讀(原版)英語訓練系列1： Looking after an ill tourist
你要真想先訓練和提高自己的英語語言能力，再考慮學一些所謂的「實用地道」英語口語，所謂「學了就馬上能用上」的英語口語(其實，很多人就算學了最「地道實用」的英語口語也根本用不上)，你就先跟著我做下面的「能力訓練」吧。
Looking after an illtraveler
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.
讀到上面的英語，你必須能想到和說出(翻譯出)下面的英語(而不是中文)，從而實現不需要中文就能理解「原文」，又同時訓練了口語。
我們開始：
look after ill person[2]
07:58來自英語老師覃冠平
Looking after an ill tourist
1. Well, looking after an illtraveler 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
你能這麼「想」英語嗎？你能「想到」這樣的英語來讀嗎？
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.什麼意思啊？
He's staying in the bed.He's taking a rest in the bed.He's sleeping in the bed.
你不要光聽，你要一起開口跟我說喲！
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」這麼多英語來理解英語，你可以嗎？
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
你是這麼「用英語讀英語」的嗎？還是你是「翻譯」成中文來「讀」的？
我們學習英語的目的實在是非常簡單明了：
當你感覺自己的英語「走到」中等水平(即高中水平)之後，你所要做的一切，就是練就「用英語學英語」，「用英語理解英語」，「用英語積累英語」，閱讀時是「把英語『翻譯』成英語(不再是『翻譯』成中文)，「見英語說的想的還是英語」，「把英語作為學英語的『理解語言』」的習慣和能力。
同樣是「讀」或「見」到一句一段英語，你腦子裡出現的「第一反應」是中文：中文意思是什麼？
我腦子裡出現的卻是「更多的英語」。
這個「能力」就叫「英語能力」「英語語言能力」，一種通過訓練可以獲得的「能力」。
為了實現這個能力你就堅持不懈地大量做這方面的訓練就好了。