英语口语练习小对话 第809期:迅速行动

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　　第一，迷你对话

　　A: You have better shake a leg before it’s all gone.

　　你最好是在它们卖光之前赶快去。

　　B: You are right. I am just about to start.

　　你说得对，我正要出发了。

　　第二，地道表达

　　shake a leg

　　1. 解词释义

　　Shake a leg是俚语，常用于祈使句中，来表示催促对方快点动手做某事，迅速行动。

　　2. 拓展范例

　　e.g. Come on, shake a leg. We're late already.

　　好啦, 快点儿, 我们快要迟到了。

　　e.g. Shake a leg! The bus won't wait and you will miss it.

　　赶快! 公共汽车不等人，到时你就错过这班车了。

　　e.g. Come on , shake a leg , son, or you're going to be late for school.

　　快点，儿子, 不然你上学就迟到了。

　　e.g. If you don't shake a leg, we're going to be late for the movie.

　　如果你不赶快的话，我们看电影就要迟到了。

　　第三，视野拓展

　　shake a leg：跳舞

　　A: John, let's go for a dance!

　　约翰, 我们跳舞去吧!

　　B : Sorry, I don't know how to shake a leg.

　　对不起, 我不会跳舞。

　　e.g. Let's step out on the dance floor and shake a leg.

　　咱们到舞池里跳个舞吧。

　　第四，咬文嚼字

　　1. 生活中表示“什么东西卖完了。”可以用到情景剧中的表达方式：It is all gone.

　　2. had better: 最好还是

　　e.g. He had better cut out the nonsense.

　　他最好停止胡说八道。

　　e.g. Perhaps you and I had better change over; you are more experienced.

　　也许我们的工作还是对换一下好, 你比我更有经验。

　　3. be about to do：正要做……，刚要做……，即将做……，欲做……

　　e.g. The President is about to wind up his visit to Somalia.

　　总统即将结束对索马里的访问。

　　e.g. He was under pressure to resign and was about to be sidelined.

　　他承受着被迫辞职的压力，很快就要被排挤出去了。