Learn English Vocabulary Daily #55.4 — British English Podcast · English Like A Native Podcast
本集介绍英国英语中5个实用词汇，包括短语动词和习语，适合练习日常表达和听力理解。内容涵盖社交场合和工作场景，帮助你更自然地使用英语。
Hello and welcome to The English Like a Native Podcast.
大家好，欢迎收听《像母语一样说英语》（The English Like a Native Podcast）这个播客节目。
My name is Anna and you're listening to Week 55, Day 4 of Your English Five a Day.
我的名字是安娜，您现在正在收听《Your English Five a Day》节目的第55周、第4天的内容。
This is the series that gives you a healthy daily dose of English vocabulary
这就是那个能让你每天轻松学习一定量英语词汇的系列节目。
so that you can start to feel more like yourself when speaking in English.
这样，当你用英语说话时，就能逐渐找回自我、展现出更真实的自己。
But if you need more support, then check out my courses and services over on englishlikeanative.co.uk.
但如果您需要更多帮助，可以访问 englishlikeanative.co.uk 网站，查看我提供的课程和服务。
So, let's start today's list with a phrasal verb, and it is slip away, slip away.
那么，让我们从今天要学习的短语动词开始吧，这个短语动词就是 “slip away”（悄悄溜走）。
To slip away.
悄悄溜走。
Slip, S L I P.
滑倒了……
Away, A W A Y.
走开，快走开！
To slip away means to leave a place secretly.
偷偷溜走意味着秘密地离开某个地方。
So, perhaps you are at a family gathering and it's a huge family gathering, so it's not just immediate family:
也许你正在参加一个家庭聚会，而且是一个规模非常大的家庭聚会——参加聚会的人不仅仅是你的直系亲属。
mum, dad, children, but it's the wider family and all of their plus ones as well.
妈妈、爸爸、孩子们……但这里所指的其实是整个大家庭，还包括他们各自带来的同伴（即“plus one”）。
So, the wider family and their families.
所以，包括这个大家庭以及他们的各个家庭在内。
And let's say there's about a hundred
假设总共有大约一百个……
people at this gathering and you are enjoying yourself, but you find it quite exhausting and you feel that you've
参加这次聚会的人都在尽情享受着欢乐时光，但你自己却感到非常疲惫，甚至觉得自己的精力几乎被耗尽了。
had enough and you need some time
受够了，你需要一些时间来调整自己的情绪。
to recover, but you don't want to
想要恢复健康，但又不太愿意为此付出努力（或做出改变）。
tell everyone that you're going to go
告诉所有人你打算去某个地方。
because you know that your mum will
因为你知道你的妈妈会这么做。
just kick up a fuss and complain and tell you that you have to stay and then you'll feel guilty and so you'll end up staying.
他们只会大吵大闹、抱怨个不停，还会告诉你必须留下来；这样一来，你就会感到内疚，最终还是选择留下来。
So, instead, you decide not to say anything.
于是，你决定什么都不说。
And you just quietly manoeuvre towards the door and step backwards out of the door.
然后你悄悄地走向门口，向后退几步，走出了门外。
So, nobody really cottons on.
所以，实际上没有人真正理解这一点。
Nobody realises that you're actually leaving.
没有人真正意识到你即将离开。
That is to slip away.
也就是说，悄悄地溜走。
So, to leave secretly.
所以，必须偷偷地离开。
You might decide to slip away from a work event.
你可能会决定偷偷离开某个工作相关的活动。
Perhaps there is some sort of workshop and there's no clear headcount,
也许有某种形式的研讨会，但并没有明确的人数统计。
but you register your attendance, so everyone knows you're there.
不过你需要登记自己的出勤情况，这样所有人都知道你来了。
You do the most important presentations.
你负责进行那些最重要的演讲。
So, you see the most important presentations and speak to the people that you really intended to connect with.
因此，你可以看到最重要的演讲内容，并与那些你真正希望建立联系的人进行交流。
And then you decide, "I'm now going
然后你决定：“我现在要开始行动了。
to quietly leave, I shouldn't be leaving
我本应该静静地离开，而不是现在这样……
really, but I'm going to leave secretly because I feel like I've got the most value out of the day.
说真的，不过我还是打算偷偷离开吧……因为我觉得自己这一天收获最多（或者说，从这次经历中获得了最大的价值）。
I don't think I'm going to gain much more from sticking around."
我觉得继续待在这里也不会有什么收获了。
So, you secretly leave because you don't want to draw attention to the fact that you're leaving early.
所以，你偷偷地离开了，因为你不想引起别人对你提前离开的注意。
So, you slip away.
于是，你悄悄溜走了。
Here's another example sentence using slip away.
以下是另一个使用“slip away”（悄悄溜走）的例句：
"As the night grew darker, Maizie quietly slipped away from the party without anyone noticing."
随着夜色越来越深，梅齐悄悄地离开了派对，却没有人注意到她的离开。
When was the last time you slipped away from a gathering?
你上一次偷偷从聚会上溜走是什么时候？