全文 12 句（男女对话）· 2 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
作者1. I crossed the street to avoid /ə'vɔɪd/ v. 避开 meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me.
作者2. It was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him.
作者3. I never enjoy meeting Nigel Dykes.
作者4. He never has anything to do.
作者5. No matter how busy you are, he always insists /ɪn'sɪsts/ v. 坚持做 on coming with you.
作者6. I had to think of a way of preventing him from following me around all morning.
作者7. "Hello, Nigel," I said. "Fancy meeting you here!"
奈杰尔8. "Hi, Elizabeth," Nigel answered. "I was just wondering how to spend the morning — until I saw you. You're not busy doing anything, are you?"
作者9. "No, not at all," I answered. "I'm going to ..."
奈杰尔10. "Would you mind my coming with you?" he asked, before I had finished speaking.
作者11. "Not at all," I lied, "but I'm going to the dentist."
奈杰尔12. "Then I'll come with you," he answered. "There's always plenty to read in the waiting room!"
作者1. 我穿过马路以便避开他，但他看到我并朝我跑过来。
作者2. 若再装作没看见他已是没有什么用了，我只好向他招手。
作者3. 我就怕遇到奈杰尔·戴克斯。
作者4. 他从来都是无事可做。
作者5. 不管你多忙，他总是坚持要跟你走。
作者6. 我得想办法不让他整个上午缠着我。
作者7. “你好，奈杰尔，想不到在这儿见到你。”我说。
奈杰尔8. “你好，伊丽莎白，”奈杰尔回答说，“我正不知道怎么消磨这一上午呢，正好见到你。你不忙，是吗？”
作者9. “不，不忙，我打算去……”我回答。
奈杰尔10. “我跟你一道去行吗？”没等我说完话他就问道。
作者11. “没关系，但我准备去牙医那里。”我说了个谎。
奈杰尔12. “那我也跟你去，候诊室里总有很多东西可供阅读！”他回答。