我们讲的英语第126期:Hold your horses 别着急;慢慢来

William: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. My name is William Kremer.
威廉：大家好，欢迎收看地道英语节目。我是威廉·克莱默。

Li: And I'm Li. William, what's our phrase today?
李：我是李。威廉，我们今天讲什么短语？

William: Well, hold on a second Li, let me just play you -
威廉：李，稍等一下，让我给你播放……

Li: No, come on, tell me now–what phrase are we looking at today?
李：不，不，现在就告诉我，我们今天要讲什么短语？

William: Well, we'll come onto that in a minute but I've got some very special FX for you...
威廉：嗯，我们一会儿再说这个，现在我要给你放一些特殊音效……

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？特殊音乐？那可不是我们的观众想要的！他们想要学真正的英语短语，他们现在就要学习！所以我们今天到底讲什么短语？

William: Li, hold your horses!
威廉：李，别着急！

Li: Eh?
李：什么？

William: Hold your horses. It means: be patient.
威廉：Hold your horses的意思就是耐心点。

Li: Oh... where does this phrase come from, William?
李：哦……那威廉，这个短语出自哪里？

William: Well, apparently it comes from battles in times of war:
威廉：嗯，显然是出自战争年代：

FX–Battle re-enactment noise
特殊音效——再现战争场面的声音

Man: Hold your horses men!
男：士兵们，勒住你们的马！

FX–gunfire, horses whinnying
特殊音效——炮火声，马的嘶鸣声

Li: Wow, Will, your FX this week are really special!
李：哇，威尔，你这周的特殊音效真的很特别！

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！刚刚那段剪辑我们听到了一名士兵跟战友说在开火之前要勒住马，沉住气。

Li: But nowadays, I am guessing, you don't need to be a soldier to use this phrase, right?
李：但是现在，我想，不一定是士兵才使用这个短语，对吧？

William: Exactly, yes. It means: don't rush, be patient. Let's hear a couple of examples:
威廉：没错。这个短语的意思是：别着急，耐心点。我们再来听几个例子：

Man: I've just gone online to order us some new computers. What's our charge code again?
男：我刚刚在网上订了一些新电脑。我们的支付密码是什么来着？

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，先别着急。我和管理团队还没同意预算呢。

BBC Learning English
这里是BBC英语学习节目

Man 2: I've just spoken to Mark–
男2：我刚刚和马克谈话了……

Woman 2: Have you indeed? Well don't listen to a word that man says! He's never liked me...
女2：你真的这么做了？那个人说的话一句都不要听！他从来没喜欢过我……

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！别着急。实际上，我们根本就没有谈到你的事。

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：在第一个例子里，男子目前还不能订购电脑，因为公司还没有同意这项预算。他必须要等；他必须要有耐心。

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。而第二个例子则有些不同。我们刚刚听到那名女子打断了男子的话，是因为她认为她知道他要说什么。

Li: Ah yes, the man told her to hold her horse and wait for him to finish speaking.
李：对，男子告诉她不要着急，先等他把话说完。

William: Ah, yeah, but Li we never say "Hold your horse" we always say "Hold your horses".
威廉：对，但是李，我们从来不说Hold your horse，我们一般说Hold your horses。

Li: Oh OK, I'll bear it in mind. But, er, Will...?
李：哦，好的，我会记住的。但是，威尔……？

William: Yeah?
威廉：什么？

Li: Can you hold this for me please?
李：你能帮我拿下这个吗？

Horse whinnying
马的嘶鸣声