情景對話：

A: Mum, where's my pencil-box?

媽，我的文具盒在哪兒呢？

B: It's on your bookshelf. I told you to get your things ready last night!

在你的書架上，我昨天不是告訴你讓你把東西都收拾好嗎？

A: I know. But I can't find my eraser.

知道了，我又找不著橡皮了。

B: Forget about it. Shake a leg. or you're going to be late.

別管他了，你快點兒吧！要不你上學就要遲到了。

第一， 詞海拾貝

shake a leg

exp. To go faster; to hurry. （趕快行動）

e.g. Hey, kids, shake a leg! You're going to be late for school!

嘿，孩子們，快點！你上學要遲到了！

e.g. I want to get there before sundown, so let's shake a leg.

我想在日落前到達那里，所以我們趕快吧。

e.g. She told me to shake a leg, so I hurried the best I could.

她叫我趕快，所以我盡我最大的努力趕路。

e.g. Let's shake a leg there, you guys! I got to get this truck unloaded and on the way back to the warehouse before dark.

喂！你們這幫人快點兒吧！我得把這車貨卸完，在天黑前趕回倉庫去呢。

第二， 語匯積累

1. get ready：準備

e.g. You've caught me on the hop and I'm afraid give me five minutes to get ready.

你弄得我措手不及，給我五分鐘準備一下吧。

e.g. Please take out your notebooks and get ready to make notes.

請同學們拿出筆記本準備做筆記。

e.g. Why aren't you out at my house helping Melly get ready for the surprise party?

你怎么沒在我家里幫媚蘭準備那個秘密的宴會呢？（飄）

2. forget about：忘卻，忘記

e.g. Forget about trivial disagreements among comrades and don't take them to heart.

同志之間有些小矛盾, 過去就算了, 不要老是耿耿于懷。

e.g. You can forget about a holiday this year as I've lost my job.

你別再想今年去度假的事了，因為我失業了。

其它：on the bookshelf：在書架上