迷你对话学地道口语第646期:离开

 　　Subject：I have to toddle¹ off and go back to work now.

　　迷你对话

　　A: We have so many things in common. I’d love to chat with you.

　　我们有许多共同点，我愿意和你聊天。

　　B: Me too. But it’s time to work now. I have to toddle off and go back to work.

　　我也愿意。但是现在是工作的时间，我必须离开，回到工作中去。

　　地道表达

　　toddle off

　　1. 解词释义

　　Toddle off中的toddle是指“摇摇晃晃地走，东倒西歪地走，小孩学走路时的蹒跚走步”。与副词off连用，表示“离开，临时离开，暂时离去”。相当于walk away或者是leave。还可以用做toddle along。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. I need to toddle off and rest up a little.

　　我需要离开然后休息一会儿。

　　e.g. It is a pity that we shall have to toddle off tomorrow.

　　我们明天必须离开，真是遗憾。

　　e.g. Fee cast her no more than a passing glance before toddling² off.

　　菲在离开时仅给了她匆匆一瞥。

　　Ps 1：in common是共同地，是副词性短语。Have things in common的意思是“有共同之处，有共同点”。再如：

　　The talks showed there was much we shared a lot in common.

　　谈判表明, 我们有很多共同点。

　　He had no life in common with his companions in the world.

　　在生活上，他与他的同事毫无共同之处。

　　Ps 2：would love to do 的意思是“非常喜欢做......，非常愿意做......”。例如：

　　I would love to get some e-mail from somebody in Canada.

　　我很乐意从加拿大的某个人那里收到邮件。

　　This baby would love to have you sing her to sleep.

　　这个孩子就喜欢你用催眠曲把她送入梦乡。

　　Ps 3：go back to work是指“回到工作中去”。再如：

　　My holiday is at an end and I must go back to work tomorrow.

　　我的假期结束了，明天我得回去工作了。

　　She persisted³ to everyone that she was strong enough to go back to work.

　　她向每一个人都坚持说她身体已经好了，可以上班了。

1 toddle   

v.（如小孩）蹒跚学步

参考例句：

• The baby has just learned to toddle.小孩子刚会走道儿。
• We watched the little boy toddle up purposefully to the refrigerator.我们看著那小男孩特意晃到冰箱前。

2 toddling   

v.（幼儿等）东倒西歪地走( toddle的现在分词 )；蹒跚行走；溜达；散步

参考例句：

• You could see his grandson toddling around in the garden. 你可以看到他的孙子在花园里蹒跚行走。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She fell while toddling around. 她摇摇摆摆地到处走时摔倒了 来自辞典例句

3 persisted   

坚持( persist的过去式和过去分词 )； 维持； 保持； 持续存在

参考例句：

• They persisted in going there in spite of the bad weather. 尽管天气很坏，他们还是坚持去那里。
• She persisted that she was strong enough to go back to work. 她反复地说她身体已经好了，可以去上班了。