迷你对话学地道口语第2080期:拔腿就跑
情景对话:
A: Tom, why did you turn tail when you saw me after school?
汤姆,放学后你为什么一看见我就掉头跑掉了?
B: I'm sorry, mum. I just wanted...
对不起,妈妈,我只是想……
A : Wwhat?
想什么?
B: I just wanted to play and i did not want to do my homework early.
我只是想玩玩,不想太早做作业。
词海拾贝:
turn tail
exp. To run away or flee, usually in fear.(躲开,逃跑,掉头拔腿就跑)
The burglars turned tail at the sound of our security alarm.
窃贼一听到我们的安全警报就掉头就跑。
e.g. I couldn't just turn tail and run but I wasn't going to fight that monster, either.
窃贼一听到我们的安全警报就掉转头来。
e.g. Sometimes turning tail is the only sensible thing to do.
有时掉头逃跑是唯一明智的做法。