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大学英语精读第六单元 Ernest Hemingways story is about an incident that happens between a father and his son. The small boys misunderstanding of the difference in measuring temperature on a Fahrenheit and a Celsius Scale causes him to believe that he is drying of a high fever. However, the father doesnt realize it until very late that day…… A Days Wait一天的等待 He came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and I saw he looked ill. He was shivering, his face was white, and he walked slowly as though it ached to move.他走进我们房间关窗户的时候，我们还未起床。我见他一副病容，全身哆嗦，脸色苍白，步履缓慢，好像一动就会引起疼痛。 Whats the matter, Schatz? Ive got a headache. You better go back to bed. No. Im all right.“你怎么啦，宝贝？” “我头痛。” “你最好回床上去睡。” “不，我没啥病。” You go to bed. Ill be you when Im dressed.“你先去睡。我穿好衣服来看你。” But when I came downstairs he was dressed, sitting by the fire, looking a very sick and miserable boy of nine years. When I put my hand on his forehead I knew he had a fever.可是当我来到楼下时，他已穿好衣服，坐在火炉旁。这个9岁的男孩，看上去病得厉害，一副可怜的模样。我用手摸了摸他的额头，知道他发烧了。 You go up to bed, I said, Youre sick. Im all right, he said. When the doctor came be took the boys temperature. Whats is it? I asked him. One hundred and two.“你到楼上去睡，”我说，“你病了。” “我没有病，”他说。 医生来后，量了孩子的体温。 “多少度？”我问医生。 “102度。” Downstairs, the doctor left three different medicines in different colored capsules with instruction for giving them. One was to bring down the fever, another a purgative, the third to overcome an acid condition. The germs of influenza can only exist in an acid condition, he explained. He seemed to know all about influenza and said there was nothing to worry about if the fever did not go above one hundred and four degrees. This was a light epidemic of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia.下楼后，医生留下用不同颜色胶囊包装的三种药丸，并嘱咐如何服用。一种药退烧，另一种润肠、通便，还有一种是去酸。他解释说，流感细菌只能在酸性环境中生存。他似乎对流感很内行，并说，如果发烧不超过104度，就用不着担心。这是轻度流感，只要当心不引起肺炎，就无危险。 Back in the room I wrote the boys temperature down and made a note of