聽力每日練習(xí) listen 1023 Up?In?The?Air

 
2--But does this actually mean we are floating above the ground?
 
1--So, your cousin is graduating from high school this year. Has she decided on a college?
 
2--She hasn't decided on anything yet. All her college plans are up in the air.
 
1--She doesn't even know what she wants to study!
 
2--She had better get on it!
 
1--If something is up in the air, it is undecided and uncertain.
 
2--If an object is floating through the air,it is hard to know where it is going, which is where this expression comes from.
 
1--In the past, people just said in the air.
 
2--But in the mid-1900s, we added "up", making it up in the air.
 
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注解：
 
1.floating漂浮
2.uncertain含糊的
3.object物體

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譯文：

1--這個(gè)表達(dá)聽起來像我們?cè)谔焐巷w。Up In The Air
2--但是這真的意味著我們飄浮在地面之上嗎？
1--所以你的表妹今年要從高中畢業(yè)了。她決定去哪所大學(xué)了么？
2--她還沒做好決定。她的所有大學(xué)計(jì)劃還沒確定下來。
1--她甚至都不知道想學(xué)什么專業(yè)呢！
2--她應(yīng)該快點(diǎn)開始了！
1--如果某事飄浮在天空，就意味著未決定或者是不確定。
2--如果某物飄浮在天空之上，很難知道它要飄向何處，這就是這個(gè)表達(dá)的由來。
1--在過去，人們只用in the air這種表達(dá)。
2--但到了20世紀(jì)中期，人們加上了“up”這個(gè)詞，從而變?yōu)榱薝p In The Air。