M:I didn’t see Angela today. Did she come to the office? （一般過去式）
W: No, she didn’t. She stayed home①, she’s sick②.
M：Sick? What’s wrong with her③?
W：She has ④a bad sore throat and a headache. She’s staying in bed.
M：Oh, that’s too bad. She looked fine⑤ yesterday.
W：She was fine yesterday but last night she got wet⑥in the rain.
M：Didn’t she have an umbrella?
W：No, she didn’t. So she really got wet. It’s a long walk⑦ from the subway to her home.⑧?
? ? ? ? She didn’t get home until late.⑨
M：It was really raining last night. I got wet too and I had my umbrella. It was that strong wind⑩.
W：My umbrella wasn’t much help⑾ either. Still, it was better than⑿ nothing.
M：Anyway, when you see her, tell her to get better⒀ soon. We miss her at the office.There’s also an important meeting the day after tomorrow⒁. I hope she can be there.
W：OK, I’ll call her and let her know.
M：If she can’t be here we can set up⒂ a conference call⒃. So please let me know.?
W：I will.
①stay home：待在家里
②sick：生病的明也，患病的
文中she's sick這句話用的是一般現(xiàn)在時宣虾，因為此時Angele還在生病惯裕。
sick as a dog.嘔吐得厲害：eg: I was sick as a dog after dinner yesterday.我昨晚吃完晚飯后就吐得一塌糊涂。
③what's wrong with sb.表示誰怎么呢绣硝？→what's wrong with her?她怎么呢蜻势？
what's wrong with sth.表示什么怎么呢？→what's wrong with the computer?電腦怎么呢鹉胖？
④用have 表示得了什么病握玛。 have a headache頭痛
⑤look/looks+adj.:看起來……
eg: Yon look fine.你看起來起色不錯。
⑥get wet打濕
⑦long walk很長一段路
⑧from sp. to sp.表示從哪里到哪里
⑨not……until：到……為止甫菠，直到……才（until late直到很晚）
eg: I didn't finish my homework until late.我直到很晚才寫完作業(yè)挠铲。
strong wind:大風(fēng)
⑾much help: 很有用的， 很有幫助的
⑿better……than比……好
better than nothing比什么都沒有好
better late than never.遲到總比不到好寂诱，晚做總比不做好
⒀get better變好拂苹，改善
⒁the day after tomorrow后天
⒂set up: 召開，安排
⒃conference call電話會議
