VOA一分鐘英語：Set in Stone

Set in Stone 板上釘釘
Welcome to English in a Minute!
歡迎來到《一分鐘英語》。
A stone have very hard surface to set something into one would not be easy.
石頭表面很硬，要把什么東西裝進去不容易。
So, what do you thing set in stone means?
那么，你認(rèn)為"set in stone"是什么意思呢?
Dan, what are you doing this weekend?
丹，這個周末你打算做什么?
I might go hiking wiht a friend.
我可能會和朋友一起去遠(yuǎn)足。
But I'm not totally sure yet.
但我還不完全確定。
Well,if those plans aren't set in stone,my friend Kristen wants you to come with us to the Funky Boys concert!
好吧，如果這些計劃不是板上釘釘?shù)?，我的朋友克里斯汀想讓你和我們一起去Funky Boys的演唱會!
You mean beautiful,funny,smart Kristen? Yeah,I'm free.
你是說美麗、風(fēng)趣、聰明的克里斯汀?是的,我有空。
I thought so.
我就知道。
If your plans or decisions are set in stone, it is difficult or even impossible to make changes.
如果你的計劃或決定已經(jīng)板上釘釘了，那就很難甚至不可能做出改變。
If plans are not set in stone, they are less firm and easily changed.
如果計劃還沒有板上釘釘，它們就不那么堅定，也容易改變。
And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是今天的《一分鐘英語》。