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 Nigel 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.

我穿過街道為了避開碰到他，但他還是看到我并向我跑來。假裝沒看到他是沒用的，所以我向他招手。我從來不喜歡碰到奈杰爾·戴克斯。他總是無所事事，不管你多忙，他總是堅(jiān)持來見你。我得想辦法讓他不總跟著我。

Hello, Nigel, I said. Fancy meeting you here!
Hi, Elizabeth, Nigel answered. I was just wondering how to spend the morning -- until I saw you. Youre not busy doing anything, are you?
No, not at all, I answered. Im going to...
Would you mind my coming with you? he asked, before I had finished speaking.
Not at all, I lied, but Im going to the dentist.
Then I'll come with you, he answered. There‘s always plenty to read in the waiting room!

你好，奈杰爾，我說，見到你真高興！

你好，伊麗莎白，他回答道。我只是在想怎么度過早上，知道我遇到了你。你今天啥也沒忙，對(duì)吧？

不不，我說，我要...

你介意我跟你一起去嗎？在我說完之前，他問道。

沒問題，我撒謊道，但我要去看牙醫(yī)。

那我跟你去，他回答道。等候室里有很多東西可以閱讀。