A: Are you out of the doghouse with your folks yet?
你爸妈饶了你没？
B: No, I'm grounded for a week.
没，我被禁足一周。

A: Tomorrow is your birthday, right?
B: Yes, it is. I can't wait!
A: 明天是你的生日，对吧？
B: 是啊，我等不及了！

A: Everything is ready. The party will start soon.
B: I can't wait!
A: 一切准备就绪。派对就快开始了。
B: 我等不及了！

"I feel like I've got a fever." 里的feel like是我觉得，但并不是真的。那到底发烧的症状有那些呢？可以有"Shivering"发抖或是"Sweating"流汗或是"High-temperature"高温。那么该怎么办呢？最简单就是"Take your temperature." ‘量量自己的体温。’说到退烧，例如：‘我昨天晚上退烧了。’"My fever broke last night."

对话
Ａ：Your face is turning red. Did you drink a lot?
Ｂ：No, I feel like I've got a fever. I'd better see a doctor.
Ａ：Yes, I agree.
Ｂ：I wonder if I can take this afternoon off.
甲：你的脸色看上去很红。你喝了很多酒呀？
乙：不是，我觉得我好像发烧。我想看医生。
甲：对，我赞成。
乙：我今天下午想请假。

说感觉，英文常用feel like二字，这不可以直译做‘感到喜欢’，而应解作‘想’或‘要’，而‘想’、‘要’的事物不一定可喜可爱。I feel like a swim. 或 I feel like swimming. 是‘我想游泳’，说话者当然以游泳为乐；但I feel like vomiting / crying.（我想呕吐/哭。）等，却绝不可喜。

根据文法，解作‘想’、‘要’的feel like 须和swim等名词和swimming等动名词 (gerund) 连用。但I feel like I have got a fever.（我觉得自己似乎发烧。）一语，feel like之后为什么却用子句 (clause) 而不是名词、动名词？

原来上述两个feel like不同。I feel like crying的feel like是固定成语，二字不可分开；I feel like I have got a fever的feel like. 意思则是 ‘觉得好像’，那like字可用as if取代：I feel as if I have got a fever.

然则as if和like是不是通用的？严格而言，解作‘好像’，like之后须用名词，as if之后则用子句，例如：(1) It looks like rain.（看来会下雨。） (2) It looks as if it is going to rain.（看来会下雨。）口头英语往往以like取代as if ，于是有It looks like it is going to rain. 之类句子，这和I feel like (=as if) I have got a fever. 一样，是通俗说法，严谨的公文写作自然不宜使用。

作者：古德明（香港）