William: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English, I'm William.

Yang Li: And I'm Yang Li.

William: Li are you wearing make-up today?
李，你今天化妆了？

Yang Li: Yes, do you like it? It's not too much?
是的，你喜欢吗？是不是化妆太重了？

William: I think you look sick.
我觉得你看起来很酷。

Yang Li: What?

William: Sick!

Yang Li: But I feel fine. I'm perfectly healthy.
我感觉没问题啊，我很健康。

William: No, you don't look ill, you look sick!

Yang Li: Sorry I just don't get it. 你这人怎么随便说别人看上去病了?

William: Sorry, sorry, sorry. I should explain. It's our expression for the day. Lots of young people in the UK use the word sick to mean cool or great.
对不起。我应该解释。很多美国的年轻人用sick这个词来表示“酷”或“棒极了”。

Yang Li: 这个说法也太奇怪了?! 太不可思议了，用 sick 这个词来表示 cool.

William: Yes, it is a bit odd. I know one teacher who was confused by this phrase when his student used it in class.
是的，有点奇怪。我知道有个学生在课堂用这个词是，有位老师被搞糊涂了。

Yang Li: Really? What did they say?

William: Well, it was something like this:

Example

Student: Mr Griffiths!
格里菲思先生？

Teacher: Yes?
什么事？

Student: Sir, are you wearing new shoes?
老师，你穿新鞋了？

Teacher: Yes, I am. Why?
是的。怎么了？

Student: Because they are sick!
鞋很漂亮。

Teacher: Sick?
很难看？

Student: Totally sick, sir.
很好看。

Teacher: Well, young man. As you find them so terrible, how about you give me 100 lines saying... saying...
年轻人。如果你觉得鞋难看，你给我写100遍……？

Student: No, no, I like them! Sick means cool!
不，我很喜欢你的鞋。sick意思是“很酷”。

Teacher: First I've heard of it.
我还是第1次听到这种用法。

Yang Li: 今天真是怪事连连，这个老师居然因为这件事，让学生写100遍保证作为一种惩罚。So what do I say if I really am sick? (如果我真的感到很不舒服该如何说？)

William: I'm feeling sick. Or I'm feeling ill.

Yang Li: Ok, 我觉得我们得从上下文才能猜出这句话的真正意思。

William: Anyway, like I was saying I love the make-up Li.But maybe next time don't wear green eye-shadow.
无论如何，就像我说的我喜欢化妆的李。也许下次你不应该画绿色的眼影。

Yang Li: Why?
什么？

William: It makes you look a bit, erm，sick.
那使你看上去有点……？

Yang Li: 我算服了。这英语的意思也太难琢磨了。Bye.

William: Bye.