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Welcome to English in a Minute, where we teach you all about idioms in American English.
歡迎收聽(tīng)《一分鐘英語(yǔ)》，在這里我們將教您美語(yǔ)中的一些俚語(yǔ)。
Sometimes American English doesn't seem to make sense. Like this:
有時(shí)候美語(yǔ)并不是字面上的意思。比如：
Gloria has a lot of things going on in her life right now.
Gloria現(xiàn)在可多事要做了。
Yes, she does. Her parents are sick. Her car is not working.
是的，她爸媽生病了，她的車(chē)壞了。
She's building a new house and she just got a new job.
她在建新房子，她剛剛才獲得一份新工作。
Wow! That's a lot of stress.
哇喔。壓力真多。
One more thing and she's going to be a basket case!
還有一點(diǎn)，她快絕望啦！（a basket case）
Will Gloria really become a container for baskets?
Gloria真的變成一個(gè)裝東西的籃子了么？
I don't think so.If you experience a lot of stress or try to handle too many things at the same time, your life might become very difficult.
我可不這樣想。如果你面臨著很多壓力，試圖同時(shí)解決很多事情，你的生活可能會(huì)變得很難。
The nervous strain or tension might wear you out and leave you with a sense of hopelessness.
緊繃的神經(jīng)可能會(huì)使你崩潰，讓你走投無(wú)路。
That's what a basket case means.
a basket case（絕望）就是這個(gè)意思。
And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是本期的《一分鐘英語(yǔ)》。
