Persistent

　　I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. 'It was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meeting Bert Dykes. He never has anything to do. No matter how busy you are, he always insists on coming with you. I had to think of a way of preventing him from following me around all morning. 'Hullo, Bert,' I said. 'Fancy meeting you here !' 'Hullo, Elizabeth,' Bert answered. ' I was just wondering how to spend the morning--until I saw you. You're not busy doing anything, are you ?' ' No, not at all,' I answered.' I'm going to.. .' 'Would you mind my coming with you ?' he asked, before I had finished speaking. . Not at all,' I lied, 'but I'm going to the dentist.' ' Then I'll come with you,' he answered.' There's always plenty to read in the' waiting room !'

纠缠不休

　　我穿过马路以便避开他，但他看到我并朝我跑过来。若再装作没看见他已是没有用了，我只好向他招手。我就怕遇到奈杰尔·戴克斯。他从来都是无事可做，不管你多忙，他总是坚持要跟你去。我得想办法不让他整个上午缠着我。

　　“你好，奈杰尔，想不到在这儿见到你。”我说。

　　“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？”

　　“不，不忙，我打算去……”我回答。

　　“我跟你一道去行吗？”没等我说完话他就问道。

　　“没关系，但我准备去牙医那里。”我说了个谎。

　　“那我也跟你去，候诊室里总有很多东西可供阅读！”他回答。