核心句型：
Sit tight, please.
請耐心等待。
sit tight這個說法是來自撲克牌游戲，有的時候，一個參加游戲的人本可以繼續(xù)玩，但是他放棄叫牌的機會而選擇觀望的態(tài)度，形容“不采取任何行動，耐心等待、堅持主張、靜待事態(tài)的發(fā)展”。現(xiàn)在我們常用這個習慣用語告誡人們：“不要著急，請耐心等待”。因此，當美國人說"Sit tight, please."時，他/她要表達的意思就是:"Wait patiently, please."、"Hold your horses, please."。
情景對白：
Client: Excuse me. I'd like to see Mr. Smith, please. I made an appointment yesterday.
客戶：打擾一下，我想見見史密斯先生，我昨天已經(jīng)預約了。
Assistant: Just sit tight, please. He is having an important meeting and will come in about ten minutes.
助理：請耐心等一下，他在開一個重要會議，大概十分鐘后過來。
搭配句積累：
①Can I have a talk with your department manager?
我能和你們部門經(jīng)理談會兒話嗎？
②When does your boss come to explain for it?
你們老板什么時候才能出來解釋這一切？
③Excuse me, I'm here for a job interview.
你好，我是過來參加面試的。
④Stop pacing up and down. It is none of any help.
別再走來走去了，這樣一點用也沒有。
單詞：
1. patiently adv. 耐心地
She waited patiently for Frances to finish.
她耐心地等弗朗西絲弄完。
The difficult part is going to start from now. We need to negotiate patiently.
艱難的階段即將從此開始，我們需要耐心地進行商討。
It is hard to be kept waiting, but it is an art to wait patiently.
被人等待固然是一種殘忍的行為學習等待卻也是一種至高的藝術。
2. pace up and down 來回踱步
He got up, and began to pace up and down the room.
他起身并開始在房間里踱來踱去。
He paced nervously up and down on the platform.
他在站臺上情緒不安地走來走去。
At first,I wander in the ICIBA without any purpose, like a gamin in a strange city. I pace up and down, becoming a migrant.
起初，我徘徊在ICIBA里，漫無目的地，像個城市的流浪兒。東跑，西串，居無定所。