第一， 迷你对话

A: Where is John? I haven ‘t seen him for a few days.

John在哪里？我很多天没有见到他了。

B: He is in bed with illness.

他卧病在床。

A: I’m sorry to hear that. How about calling around to see him this afternoon?

听到这个消息我非常难过。我们今天下午去看看他如何？

B : I am afraid I cannot. I’ve got to go swimming this afternoon.

恐怕我不能去，我今天下午要去游泳。

A: Come on! You can do that some other day. He has been very kind to us, and if we ever learn that he is ill, it would be quite wrong of us to pass by on the other side.

算了吧，你可以改天去游泳的。他一直以来对我们都很好，如果我们知道他病了，我们坐视不管就不对了。

第二， 地道表达

pass by on the other side

1. 解词释义

Pass by on other side的意思是“坐视不管”“见危不救”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. People in the poorer countries will die needlessly if the richer countries pass by on the other side.

如果富裕国家不予以帮助的话，那么贫困国家的人民就会无谓地死去。

e..g. We cannot just pass by on the other side when we know people are suffering like this.

我们看到人民这样受苦，不能坐视不管。

第三， 咬文嚼字

in bed with illness：因病卧床休息

e.g. The child was in bed with illness and he could not go to school.

小孩因病卧床休息，所以不能去上课。

call around：拜访，探望

e.g. I think no harm in calling around to see the Jones.

我感到拜访琼斯家没有害处。

e.g. He called around to see me to make sure that everything was on track.

他来拜访我，看看一切是否正常。

some other day：改天

e.g. She suggested they go some other day, as she wanted to return to the dormitory.

她说改天罢，要回宿舍去。

e.g. Can we arrange it some other day?

我们可以另外安排个时间吗？

be wrong of sb.：某人错误

e.g. It would be wrong of me to paint optimistic picture.

如果我把情况说得很乐观，那就错了。

e.g. It's wrong of you to trifle with the girl's affections.

你玩弄那位姑娘的感情是不对的。