第一，迷你对话

A: Why did you cut class yesterday?

你昨天为何旷课。

B: I have got a bad cold.

我得了重感冒。

A: Don't fool me. If you were sick, why not ask for a sick leave?

别骗我。如果你病了，为什么不请假。

B: Belive it or not.

信不信由你。

第二，地道表达

cut class

1. 解词释义

Cut class的意思是“逃学，旷课”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. That term, John cut classes for weeks at a time.

那学期约翰一次旷课就几个星期。

e.g. Several of the students cut class in order to attend a football match.

有几个学生旷课去看一场足球赛。

e.g. If you cut your classes, you may fail.

如果旷课，你就会读不好。

第三，语汇积累

1. get a bad cold：患重感冒

e.g. The boy has got a bad cold and his nose is badly stopped up.

这孩子患了重感冒，鼻子不透气。

e.g. I have got a bad cold, running at the nose.

我伤风感冒很重, 直流鼻涕。

2. ask for a sick leave：请病假

e.g. You should give a call and ask for a sick leave.

你应该打电话请病假。

e.g. How can she ask for a sick leave today all days.

她怎么能偏偏在今天请病假。

e.g. She had no alternative but to ask for a few days' sick leave.

实在不得已，她只好请几天病假。

3. sick leave：病假

e.g. I took a sick leave for a week last month.

我上个月休了一星期的病假。