評論
打印
William: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. My name is William Kremer.
威廉：大家好，歡迎收看地道英語節目。我是威廉·克萊默。
Li: And I'm Li. William, what's our phrase today?
李：我是李。威廉，我們今天講什么短語？
William: Well, hold on a second Li, let me just play you -
威廉：李，稍等一下，讓我給你播放……
Li: No, come on, tell me now–what phrase are we looking at today?
李：不，不，現在就告訴我，我們今天要講什么短語？
William: Well, we'll come onto that in a minute but I've got some very special FX for you...
威廉：嗯，我們一會兒再說這個，現在我要給你放一些特殊音效……
Li: More special FX?! And special music? That's not what our people want! They want authentic English phrases, and they want them now! So what's our phrase today?
李：又是特殊音效？特殊音樂？那可不是我們的觀眾想要的！他們想要學真正的英語短語，他們現在就要學習！所以我們今天到底講什么短語？
William: Li, hold your horses!
威廉：李，別著急！
Li: Eh?
李：什么？
William: Hold your horses. It means: be patient.
威廉：Hold your horses的意思就是耐心點。
Li: Oh... where does this phrase come from, William?
李：哦……那威廉，這個短語出自哪里？
William: Well, apparently it comes from battles in times of war:
威廉：嗯，顯然是出自戰爭年代：
FX–Battle re-enactment noise
特殊音效——再現戰爭場面的聲音
Man: Hold your horses men!
男：士兵們，勒住你們的馬！
FX–gunfire, horses whinnying
特殊音效——炮火聲，馬的嘶鳴聲
Li: Wow, Will, your FX this week are really special!
李：哇，威爾，你這周的特殊音效真的很特別！
William: Hmmm, I know! In that clip we heard a soldier telling his men to hold their horses before he started firing weapons.
威廉：嗯，我知道！剛剛那段剪輯我們聽到了一名士兵跟戰友說在開火之前要勒住馬，沉住氣。
Li: But nowadays, I am guessing, you don't need to be a soldier to use this phrase, right?
李：但是現在，我想，不一定是士兵才使用這個短語，對吧？
William: Exactly, yes. It means: don't rush, be patient. Let's hear a couple of examples:
威廉：沒錯。這個短語的意思是：別著急，耐心點。我們再來聽幾個例子：
Man: I've just gone online to order us some new computers. What's our charge code again?
男：我剛剛在網上訂了一些新電腦。我們的支付密碼是什么來著？
Woman: Ah, well you're going to have to hold your horses! I haven't agreed a budget yet with the management team.
女：啊，先別著急。我和管理團隊還沒同意預算呢。
BBC Learning English
這里是BBC英語學習節目
Man 2: I've just spoken to Mark–
男2：我剛剛和馬克談話了……
Woman 2: Have you indeed? Well don't listen to a word that man says! He's never liked me...
女2：你真的這么做了？那個人說的話一句都不要聽！他從來沒喜歡過我……
Man 2: Hey, hey hey! Hold your horses. We didn't discuss you at all, as a matter of fact.
男2：嘿，嘿，嘿！別著急。實際上，我們根本就沒有談到你的事。
Li: So in that first example, the man couldn't order his computers yet because the company hadn't agreed a budget. He had to wait; he had to hold his horses.
李：在第一個例子里，男子目前還不能訂購電腦，因為公司還沒有同意這項預算。他必須要等；他必須要有耐心。
William: Hmm. And in the second example it was slightly different. In that clip we heard a woman interrupt the man because she thought she knew what he was going to say.
威廉：嗯。而第二個例子則有些不同。我們剛剛聽到那名女子打斷了男子的話，是因為她認為她知道他要說什么。
Li: Ah yes, the man told her to hold her horse and wait for him to finish speaking.
李：對，男子告訴她不要著急，先等他把話說完。
William: Ah, yeah, but Li we never say "Hold your horse" we always say "Hold your horses".
威廉：對，但是李，我們從來不說Hold your horse，我們一般說Hold your horses。
Li: Oh OK, I'll bear it in mind. But, er, Will...?
李：哦，好的，我會記住的。但是，威爾……？
William: Yeah?
威廉：什么？
Li: Can you hold this for me please?
李：你能幫我拿下這個嗎？
Horse whinnying
馬的嘶鳴聲
