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2025.10.05 19:40
第八部 第十一课: to blow it , to wing it
- Larry 和李华两个人正在做菜，準备一会儿带到朋友家参加 party ．今天李华会学到两个常用语： to blow it 和 to wing it.
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- Larry，那是甚麼味道？(sniffing) .........哎呀，糟糕了啦！是猪排烤焦了啦！
- What? Oh no! I ruined them. They're stuck to the bottom of the pot. I blew it!
- 你在说甚麼啊！你是把猪排烤焦了，又没有吹坏甚麼东西！你怎麼说 blow it 呢？
- When I said "I blew it", I meant that I ruined the whole dish. To "blow it" means to make a mistake that leads to total failure, or ruins a good opportunity.
- 哦～，原来 blow it 是指犯了错，把事情啊搞砸了，或者错过了一个大好的机会．你啊！还真是把这道猪排给搞砸了．这样吧！给你个将功补过的机会，再给我举个 blow it 的例子吧！
- Well, the other day I was playing pool with Jack. I was just two shots away from winning, but then I blew it. I sunk the eight ball and lost.
- 哈哈！你啊玩台球输给了 Jack，八成啊是你太有自信，所以才会在最后关头输掉了。
- And last week, I finally got a date with that girl from my international relations class, but I blew it. I took a nap, overslept, and showed up at her place an hour and a half late.
- 哎哟～，Larry，你几个星期来一直要约那个女孩出去玩．终於约到了，你怎麼会睡过头，还迟到一个半小时呢！我看你啊！你真是砸了这个好机会。
- Yeah, well, it wasn't as bad as when you had that job opportunity last week and blew it!
- 哟～，你说到我头上来啦！我没有拿到那份工作又不是我的错！我怎麼知道他们在我的电话裡留了言呢。
- That's because you forgot to check it. That was a really good job, too, and you blew it!
- 我没有听电话留言，就算是我 blew it。
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- 哎，Larry，现在可怎麼办啊？我们一个小时后就得到 Jane 的家裡了，可是我们一道菜也没做好！
- Well, we'll just have to wing it.
- Wings? 你是说鸡翅膀？可是我们已经没有时间到店裡去买了啊！
- No, no, Li Hua, I said we have to wing (it). That means we'll have to do the best we can with limited time and resources.
- 哦～，原来 to wing it 是说在有限的时间和条件下尽量拼凑．嗯，好吧！那你有甚麼好办法啊？
- Let me see, what do you have in the fridge? (sound of fridge opening) Hmm, there's some tofu in here, and some green onions. And there's all these jars of weird Chinese sauces. Maybe we can wing it by making some kind of tofu dish.
- 嗯，让我看看.......！这儿啊有豆腐，有葱，还有... 让我看看这瓶子裡是甚麼啊 ... 喔！四川辣酱！哎，得了，我们可以做麻辣豆腐，这道菜啊又快又容易，只要把豆腐切块啊，再切些青葱，半个小时就可以完工囉！
- O.K., let's get to work. (sound of sink/cooking sounds). This is a great idea. People will love it, and no one will even notice that we're winging it.
- 没有人啊会看出我们是临时凑出这道菜的．哎，所以 Larry，to wing it 是不是只能够用在临时把东西放在一块儿，就像做菜呢？
- Not always. For instance, when I covered for Jack and taught his history 101 students last week, I didn't have time to prepare for the class, so I just winged it.
- 你替 Jack 上课，可是事前没有时间备课．疑？那你是怎麼临时备好课的呢？
- I read the reading assignment just an hour before class began. The students knew I was winging it, but they were very understanding.
- 啊～，上课前一小时看看指定阅读些甚麼材料，你就去上课啦！那学生当然知道你是在凑合囉！
- Li Hua, pay attention to your cooking, don't blow it this time!
- 你放心，你没看见我老守在炉子边吗！ 我啊绝不会 blow it ！
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语，一个是： to blow it，意思是「把事情搞砸了」，或者是「错过一个很好的机会」．另一个常用语是： to wing it，是指「在有限的时间和条件下，临时拼凑完成一件工作」。
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