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Dropping Like Flies-Drop 的相關用語
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Are you ready to learn about language?
Today our lesson is called Dropping Like Flies.
Dropping like flies—that is a silly-sounding phrase.
So let’s talk about it.
The word drop means to fall down or to let go of something, right?
Maybe something might fall down,
or if your pen drops on the ground,
it means your pen fell on the ground.
Remember, our title is Dropping Like Flies,
so we’re talking about the insect—a fly.
But this phrase doesn’t really have anything to do
with those insects, right?
We’re going to learn what dropping like flies means.
Listen carefully.
Today we’ll be using the word drop
and other words to talk about some phrases that
have a new meaning.
Now let’s go to our reading:
The verb drop can be used to make many verb phrases or idioms.
To drop by means to visit someone,
often without receiving an invitation.
Usually, you only stay for a short time.
When you drop off something, you deliver it to a place.
When you drop out, you quit something—usually school or an activity.
When you drop the ball,
you make a mistake or don’t do something important.
And when people drop like flies,
they leave or disappear in a short amount of time.
Thank you very much, Garrett.
Friends, we heard what dropping like flies means—
it means to leave or disappear in a very short amount of time.
Now let’s go to our Find It question.
Our question is:
How did Sarah drop the bowl?
How did Sarah drop the ball?
You’ll find the answer in our lesson today.
Friends, and remember, we’re talking about idioms,
so they’re phrases that don’t mean
exactly what the words in them mean.
So we’re not talking about an actual ball, right?
This is the idiom drop the ball.
Listen carefully to find the answer.
Now let’s go to Sonya for today’s keywords.
James早上生病回家，Susie也不舒服回家，Sara說大家一個一個的都病倒了，
People are dropping like flies。
drop like flies 比喻大量病倒。
Sara說或許下班後她會順便去一下 Susie 家看看她的情況：
Maybe I’ll drop by Susie’s after work and check on her.
drop by 就是順道拜訪。
Greg 說那他就去 James 家帶點食物給他：
I’ll go to James’s place and drop off some food.
drop off 指捎帶東西到某個地方。
James 預計明天要參加一場賽跑，但是他現在也生病了。
Sara 希望他不要退賽才好：
I hope he won’t have to drop out.
drop out 就是退出。
先生說他要趕快去忙了，因為他昨天沒完成專案，把事情搞砸了：
I dropped the ball when I didn’t get this project done yesterday.
drop the ball 就是搞砸，尤其指因粗心、遺漏而犯的錯誤。
James went home sick this morning.
I know. Susie went home at noon.
She’s not feeling well either.
People are dropping like flies.
I hope we don’t get sick.
Me too. Being sick is no fun.
Maybe I’ll drop by Susie’s after work and check on her.
Hmm. Good idea.
I’ll go to James’s place and drop off some food.
If he’s sick, he won’t feel like cooking.
We start with Sarah telling Greg that James went home sick this morning.
He went home sick—to go home sick means you’re sick,
so you go home from school or from work.
And Greg knows this, and he tells us that Susie went home at noon.
She’s not feeling well either.
So two people have gone home sick.
Oh no, that’s never good to hear.
So Sarah gives us a great phrase here—
she says: People are dropping like flies.
Now remember, we have two people who left because they’re sick.
Those are the people who “dropped” in this phrase.
You could also use that phrase for people dying or disappearing, right?
And Garrett, you’re right—this phrase talks about people dying.
It actually came from soldiers dying in war in large numbers.
So if someone or a group of people drop like flies,
it means that they are leaving, falling down, or even dying—
just like flies do.
Well, we sure hope we don’t get sick, friends, like our co-workers.
And so does Greg, right?
Greg’s right—being sick is no fun. No one enjoys being sick.
Well, Sarah says maybe she’ll drop by Suzy’s after work and check on her.
Here, Suzy’s means the place that Suzy lives—
like Suzy’s apartment or Suzy’s house, right?
Sonya, can you tell us more about this?
Susie 因為身體不舒服先回家了。
Siri 說或許下班後順便去一下 Susie 家，看看她情況如何。
Maybe I’ll drop by Susie’s after work and check on her.
句中的 Susie’s 就是指 Susie’s house or place，他家或住的地方。
來看其他例句：
Jeremy stayed over at Ed’s last night.
Jeremy 昨晚留宿在 Ed 的住處。
或是：
Are you going to Sarah’s tomorrow?
你明天要去 Sarah 家嗎？
再看一句：
Let’s meet at Grant’s on Sunday.
我們週日到 Grant 家聚一聚吧。
Thank you, Sonia. Yes, Sarah is going to drop by Suzy’s.
If you drop by someone’s place, it means that you’re going to stop by and visit them.
Often, you will go without letting them know first,
and you probably won’t stay for a long time.
That’s what it means to drop by.
Greg says he’ll go to James’s place and drop off some food.
So there we have another drop phrase, right?
If you drop off something,
it means you’re just going to give someone something and leave.
Greg is a good friend.
He says if James is sick, he won’t feel like cooking.
That is totally true.
Now, if you use that phrase drop off,
it might mean you quickly give someone something.
It could also mean you leave something somewhere
without ever seeing the person that you’re giving it to, right?
He might just put the food at his door
and call or message him and tell him:
“I dropped by and gave you some food.”
All right, well friends, it’s time for a quick break.
We’ll be right back to continue our conversation just after this,
so don’t go away.
Let’s talk in English!
Let’s play ten minutes every day!
Every day, that’s the way.
Now today we heard about people staying home or going home because they are sick.
But sometimes, when people are really sick, they still go to work.
Yeah, sometimes you just have to.
You have responsibilities you can’t get out of.
But if you can get some rest, you’ll get better quicker, right?
And there are some diseases or sicknesses you get
that you really shouldn’t go to work or school if you are sick.
Yeah, if you’re sick with those sicknesses...
Let’s get back to our conversation.
I hope they both get well soon.
Me too.
James is supposed to run in a race tomorrow.
I hope he won’t have to drop out.
He’d have to be very sick to drop out.
True.
Well, I need to get busy.
I dropped the ball when I didn’t get this project done yesterday.
I’ve got plenty to do too,
so I don’t have time to get sick.
Sara hopes that both James and Suzy will get well soon—
that they will feel better from being sick.
Yeah, when someone’s sick,
you might even see someone give them a special card
that looks like a birthday card but says get well soon on it, right?
Greg also hopes that they will get well soon.
And Sarah tells us about something James is supposed to do tomorrow.
Yeah, he’s supposed to run in a race tomorrow—
so probably a running race or something kind of like that.
And if he can’t go, he will have to drop out.
There is another drop phrase for us, right?
The phrase drop out is used when we talk about school or an activity.
It means to quit.
It means you have to suddenly leave that school or activity
and not be part of that group anymore.
Right. Now if we put those two words together—drop and out—
we have dropout.
If someone leaves school, especially in high school,
we might call them a high school dropout.
And friends, we hope that if you’re in high school,
you’ll study hard.
Don’t quit and become a high school dropout.
That’s right.
Well, we hear that James would have to be very sick
to drop out of this race.
So it sounds like he is excited about this race
or thinks it’s very important.
Sara agrees with Greg, so she uses the word "true."
And Sara also tells Greg that she needs to get busy.
When you need to get busy,
it means you have to start working,
or you have to get active working, right?
You might say that when you’re having a conversation in the office.
Let’s go to Sonia for more.
聊完了 James 和 Susie 生病的事，Siri 說他得去忙了：
Well, I need to get busy.
當你要停下目前的動作，轉而去忙事情時，就可以用 get busy，意思是「開始做某事」。
舉例：
If we don’t get busy now, we won’t finish our homework on time.
如果我們現在不開始做，就無法準時完成作業了。
另一個說法 get a move on 是「趕快」的意思。來看例句：
The boss told them to get a move on with the project.
老闆告訴他們要加快專案進度。
再看 get going 表達「出發」的用法：
Come on! We have to get going.
快點！我們必須出發了。
Thank you, Sonya. Well, Sarah needs to get busy. She needs to start working.
“I need to get busy” is today’s calendar phrase.

I need to get busy. 
我得去忙了。
— Ah, let’s enjoy our coffee.
— I need to get busy.
— Just relax for a while.
— I need to get busy.
— Take your time.
— I need to get busy.
— What’s your hurry?
— The boss is coming!
— Oh, I need to get busy too.
— Yeah, I need to get busy.
— I need to get busy! 
我得去忙了！

Friends, you might also hear "get going" or "get a move on"
when someone says they need to get busy. It means they are about to start doing something new or get to work.
Friends, we hope you also tried your best to find the answer to today’s Find It question:
How did Sarah drop the ball?
She didn’t finish a project yesterday.
Yes, when you drop the ball, it means you let someone down or disappointed someone.
That’s why Sarah feels bad.
Yes, you drop the ball when you fail to do something you were supposed to do.
Now, both Sarah and Greg are busy,
so let’s not bother them—let’s review today’s keywords!
Today’s Keywords:
Drop by
— Drop by my friend. Drop by to see me.
Drop off
— When can I drop off the books?
Drop out
— Peter is dropping out of school.
Drop the ball
— I’m sorry I dropped the ball.
Drop like flies
— The team dropped like flies today.
Friends, those are today’s keywords. We hope you remember these phrases.
Now it’s your turn to use these words in a sentence!
Today’s words: drop by, drop off, drop out, drop the ball, drop like flies
Now it’s your turn to use them in a sentence:
They ___ of the program.
It means to stop doing something.
✔️ You got it: They dropped out of the program.
They ___ our place today.
It means going to someone’s house.
✔️ Great job: They may drop by our place today.
The heat makes people ___.
It means a lot of people are getting sick.
✔️ Correct: The heat makes people drop like flies.
He ___ on that task.
That’s not good!
✔️ He dropped the ball on that task.
She will ___ the children at six.
✔️ You’re correct: She will drop the children off at six.
Great job guessing all the words correctly!
Join me again for "Your Turn"!
James went home sick this morning.
I know. Susie went home at noon. She’s not feeling well either.
People are dropping like flies.
I hope we don’t get sick.
Me too. Being sick is no fun.
Maybe I’ll drop by Susie’s after work and check on her.
Good idea. I’ll go to James’s place and drop off some food.
If he’s sick, he won’t feel like cooking.
I hope they both get well soon.
Me too.
James is supposed to run in a race tomorrow.
I hope he won’t have to drop out.
He’d have to be very sick to drop out.
True.
Well, I need to get busy.
I dropped the ball when I didn’t get this project done yesterday.
I’ve got plenty to do too, so I don’t have time to get sick.
Review Time!
One, two, let’s review!
I’m ready. That’s why I dropped by.
Great! And today, we are reviewing phrases with the word "drop".
— So I dropped by.
— Awesome!
— Let’s get started—oh wait, while I’m here, I want to drop off this cupcake.
— Oh! Thanks!
— I made it myself in cooking class.
— You’re taking cooking classes?
— Well, I was… but I dropped out.
— You quit? Why did you drop out? You love to cook!
— I know, but the dishes I cooked made everyone sick.
— Really? Everyone got sick?
— Oh yeah, people were dropping like flies. So I decided to drop out of the class.
— Uh… well, thanks for the cake.
— You’re welcome. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.
— Yeah… well… so are you ready to start the review?
— Oh no! It’s too late. We’re out of time.
— Oh well, you should have planned more carefully.
— You’re right. I guess I dropped the ball. I’ll do better next time.
— I hope so. Enjoy the cupcake!
Hello and welcome, friends!
My name is Cela and this is What’s Next?
Let’s look at some strange pictures and try to guess what will happen next.
Are you ready? Let’s go!
— Oh! Looks like we are watching a game of basketball.
— I see the basketball, so that’s my clue.
— We have a couple players sitting on the bench. They are not playing but watching the game.
— And there was a referee, okay…
— There is nothing strange in this picture about basketball players.
Here, we have the same basketball players on the bench.
Two players are looking at each other with smiles.
I wonder what they are talking about.
Are they talking about the game?
They seem to be having fun.
But the middle player is not talking.
In fact, he seems very serious.
I also see that his shoelaces are not tied.
So what will happen next?
Let’s find out!
Haha!
The big player tries to play on the basketball court—
but why is he so shocked?
Because somebody tied his shoelaces to the bench!
Oh no!
Who did this? Was it a joke? A prank?
I think it was. The player laughed.
He doesn’t seem surprised and is happy that his little prank worked.
But it’s not a kind thing to do.
He might get in trouble after this.
Have you ever played a prank?
Some pranks can be funny. Others can be a little mean.
I think this basketball prank was both!
Will the player who fell be angry or laugh? Hmm...
Thanks for joining me today on What’s Next!
Friends, today we learned five phrases with the word “drop” and other words:
drop by
drop off
drop out
drop the ball
drop like flies
Can you choose a phrase and make a sentence?
How about "drop off"?
— My brother forgot his lunch today, so I dropped it off for him.
That’s a good sentence! And I’ll say:
— I’ll drop by my sister’s apartment after work.
Great sentence!
Friends, try and use these in your conversations.
And of course, join us again tomorrow right here on
Let’s Talk in English. Goodbye!


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