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1、DidYouHaveANiceDay?今天你过得愉快吗？今天你过得愉快吗？还是有点情绪低落或者身体略感不适呢？本期《小词大义》，我们来学习几个短语，无论你是getoutofbedonthewrongside还是undertheweather，都让我们一起keepthebadhairdayaway吧！1.BadHairDayLet’slistentothedialogue:A:What’sthematter,Sam?Youlookupset.B:Oh,it’snothing,I’mjusthaving
2、abadhairday—everything’sgoingwrong.Doyoueverhavedayswhennothingseemstobegoingright?Well,I’msureyoudo—inEnglishyoucancallthis“abadhairday”.Anyway,thismorningIoverslept,thenIwaslateforworkandmissedanimportantmeeting,thenIleftmymobilephoneintherestauranta
3、tlunchtime,andjustbeforeIspiltcoffeeonmynewskirt—thisisarealbadhairday!2.UndertheWeatherLet’slistentothedialogue:A:SorryIdidn’tmakeittoyourpartyattheweekend.Didyouhaveanicetime?B:Yes,itwasgreat!Buteveryonewasaskingwhereyouwere.Weallmissedyou.A:Oh,thank
4、s.Iwasinbed,I’mafraid.Iwasfeelingundertheweather.B:Oh,didyouhavethatcoldthateveryone’shad?A:Ithinkso.“Undertheweather”isanextremelycommonexpression,meaningalittleillorsick.Wedon’tuseitaboutserioushealthproblems,butifyouhaveanormal,everydaycold,headache
5、orstomachache,forexample,thenyoucansaythatyoufeelundertheweather.Theexpressioncomesfromthedayswhensicksailorswouldrestundertheship’sdeck[甲板],orliterally“undertheweather”.Ialwaysrememberthisidiomtogetherwithanotherone,“overthemoon”,whichmeansveryhappy.3
6、.GetoutofBedontheWrongSideLet’slistentothedialogue:A:Idon’twanttogotoworktoday,Ihateit,it’ssoboringandthiscoffeetasteslikedishwaterand…B:What’sthematterwithyou?Didyougetoutofbedonthewrongside?Well,he’snotexactlyinagoodmood,ishe?Ifsomeoneasksyouifyougot
7、outofbedonthewrongside,theyareindicatingthatyouseemtobeinabadmood.Incidentally,didyouknowthatsomepeopleintheUKconsideritbadluckifyouputyourleftfootonthefloorfirstwhenyougetoutofbedinthemorning?Howstrange!●据说，“badhairday”诞生于20世纪末的娱乐圈。1993年，语言学家威廉•萨菲尔（Wi
8、lliamSafire）在纽约时报专栏里讨论这个短语时，将它追溯到1991年喜剧演员加里•山德林（GarryShandling）的一句经典搞笑台词——“Ismyhairallright?”1995年，美国电视新闻节目主持人简•波利（JanePauley）也曾在一些场合宣称，该短语源于她的戏谑台词。事实上，美国方言协会（AmericanDialectSociety）的研究显示，该短语最早的书面形式出现在1988年苏珊•斯沃茨（SusanSwerts）在《休斯顿纪事报》（
