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该文章中的迷你对话选自口语书籍，对话精讲为可可编辑编写。

第一、迷你对话

A: Guess who I saw just now?

猜猜我看到了谁？

B: Who?

谁呀？

A: John Smith, the escaped criminal.

约翰.史密斯，那个逃犯。

B: That bad egg, who took the low road since he was a boy.

那个坏蛋，从小就不走正道。

A: I think I must report to the cops.

我想我应该去报告警察。

B: Ok.

好。

第二、对话精讲

1. 地道表达

【地道短语】take the low road

【解词释义】low road是指“下坡路，斜坡”，take the low road即指“走下坡路，走斜路”，引申为“走邪路”“做不正当，不合法，不道德的事情”等等。起英文解释为：do behavior or practice that is deceitful or immoral。

【典型范例】John took the low road to win in the election.

John是走歪门邪道在选举中获胜的。

As soon as the restraint put on him by his father is released, he takes the low road.

他父亲对他的管束一放松，他就走邪路。

She believes in me and I would never take the low road.

她信任我，而我无论如何也不能再走邪路了。

Her husband is one who takes the low road, leaving his wife for other women.

她的丈夫是一个走邪路的人，离开她而去跟别的女人私通的人。

2. 词海拾贝

bad egg

【释义】坏家伙，坏带，失败的计划

【范例】We are so worried;our daughter has made friends with a very bad egg.

我们很担忧，我们的女儿交上一个不三不四的朋友。

They were greatly disappointed, for their scheme turned out to be a bad egg.

计划最终失败了，他们大失所望。

report to

【释义】向......报告

【范例】 I take this opportunity to report to you about a matter.

顺便向各位报告一件事。

I told you expressly to report to me everyday.

我明确告诉过你每天要向我汇报。

He dispatched the report to his newspaper.

他将报导发送给他的报纸。