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In this episode, I am going to teach you an interesting idiom. And that idiom is "get going." Get going. That's g-e-t, g-o-i-n-g. Get going.
在这一集中，我将教你一个有趣的习语。这个习语是“get going”。
What does it mean when we say, "Get going"? I don't think there is any way you could guess this meaning. What the idiom means is "to leave, to go, to go away."
当我们说“Get going”时，它是什么意思？我认为你不可能猜出这个意思。这个习语的意思是“离开，走开”。
If somebody says, "Well, I think I will get going now," that means "I think I will leave now. I'm going to leave. Goodbye."
如果有人说“Well, I think I will get going now”，这意味着“我想我现在要走了。我要走了。再见。”
This is where things get a little more interesting. Because "get going" has another meaning, also. "Get going" also means to "begin a task, to begin doing something."
事情从这里开始变得有趣起来。因为“get going”还有另一个含义。“Get going”也意味着“开始一项任务，开始做某事”。
For instance, if somebody says, "I have a lot of homework. I think I will get going on my homework now. I will get going on my homework," that means "I will begin doing my homework. I will start doing my homework."
例如，如果有人说“I have a lot of homework. I think I will get going on my homework now. I will get going on my homework”，这意味着“我将开始做作业。”
And this is not the only word we can use in this same construction. We can use lots of other verbs in this "get doing" construction. It's not just "get going."
这不是我们能在这个结构中使用的唯一单词。我们可以在这个“get doing”结构中使用许多其他动词。不仅仅是“get going”。
We can also use all kinds of other verbs. Like, for instance, "get studying." Get studying. That means "begin studying" or "begin to study."
我们还可以使用各种其他动词。例如，“get studying”。这意味着“begin studying”或“begin to study”。
If that person from before, who had a lot of homework, was getting ready to begin studying, he or she could say, "I'm going to get studying now." I'm going to get studying now. In other words, "I'm going to begin studying now."
如果之前那个有很多作业的人正准备开始学习，他或她可以说，“I'm going to get studying now”。即“I'm going to begin studying now”。
You could also say that you were going to get practicing. Or get cooking. Or get working now.
你也可以说you were going to get practicing。或者get cooking。或者get working now。
In all of those cases, that construction—get with an -ing verb—in all of those cases, it means "begin doing something, begin some activity."
在所有这些情况下，这个结构——带有-ing动词的get——在所有这些情况下，它的意思是“开始做某事，开始某项活动”。
And so, it is not only "get going." It is all kinds of other verbs, too. I don't think this expression works with every verb, but I think it works with many verbs that describe activities or things that take time to do.
它不仅是“get going”。它也是各种其他动词。我认为这个表达方式并不适用于每个动词，但我认为它适用于许多描述需要时间才能完成的活动或事情的动词。
And that is "get going" (and this other "get doing" construction). This is an interesting part of grammar that I think you should know.
以上就是“get going”（以及另一个“get doing”结构）。这是语法中一个有趣的部分，我认为你应该知道。
