第一，迷你對話
A: Why did you cut class yesterday?
你昨天為何曠課。
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?
別騙我。如果你病了，為什麼不請假。
B: Belive it or not.
信不信由你。
第二，地道表達
cut class
1. 解詞釋義
Cut class的意思是“逃學，曠課”。
2. 拓展範例
e.g. That term, John cut classes for weeks at a time.
那學期約翰一次曠課就幾個星期。
e.g. Several of the students cut class in order to attend a football match.
有幾個學生曠課去看一場足球賽。
e.g. If you cut your classes, you may fail.
如果曠課，你就會讀不好。
第三，語彙積累
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.
這孩子患了重感冒，鼻子不透氣。
e.g. I have got a bad cold, running at the nose.
我傷風感冒很重, 直流鼻涕。
2. ask for a sick leave：請病假
e.g. You should give a call and ask for a sick leave.
你應該打電話請病假。
e.g. How can she ask for a sick leave today all days.
她怎麼能偏偏在今天請病假。
e.g. She had no alternative but to ask for a few days' sick leave.
實在不得已，她只好請幾天病假。
3. sick leave：病假
e.g. I took a sick leave for a week last month.
我上個月休了一星期的病假。
