Question

When he got the call that his son was ill in California and not expected to live for long,

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Bill didn't know how he was going to get the money for his wife and himself to make the trip. Bill had worked as a truck driver his entire life, but he never managed to have any savings.

Answer 1

When he got the call that his son was ill in California and not expected to live for long意为当他接到电话说他的儿子在加利福尼亚病了，预计活不了多久了。

重点词汇解释：

1、call

vi. 呼叫；拜访；叫牌

vt. 呼叫；称呼；召集

n. 电话；呼叫；要求；访问

双语例句：

I'll call again later. 

我过会儿再打电话来。

2、expect

vt. 期望；指望；认为；预料

vi. 期待；预期

双语例句：

I wasn't expecting a visitor.

我没有预期会有访客。

expect的用法：

expect表示期待，期望，通常为及物动词，不要受汉语影响在其后误加介词for。

expect后接动词时要用不定式，不用动名词。expect其后可接that从句，若从句谓语为否定，注意否定的转移。

expect表示过去未曾实现的想法或打算，通常用过去完成时，但在一定的上下文当中，只要意思清楚，也可只用一般过去时。

Answer 2

当他接到他的儿子在加州生病并且活不长的电话时，Bill不知道他如何能得到供他的妻子和他自己去旅行的钱。Bill的工作是当卡车司机，但是他从未管理他的积蓄。

Answer 3

When he got the call that his son was ill in California and not expected to live for long,
当他接到电话关于他儿子在加利福尼亚生病了，并且活不长了