2012年商务英语考试中级口语对话练习(20)

William: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English. My name is William Kremer.

Li: 大家好我是杨莉，William, 今天的新词语是什么?

William: Well, hold on a second Li, let me just play you -外语学习网

Li: 不行不行，告诉我嘛 – 到底是那个短语?

William: Well, we’ll come onto that in a minute but I’ve got some special FX for you...

Li: 什么特殊音效?! 特殊音乐? 你还不知道嘛，我们的听众对此并不感冒! 他们想学的是地道英语，而且你最好还是开门见山! 不要兜圈子，说吧，到底是哪个短语?

Why is he holding his horses?

William: Li, hold your horses!

Li: Hmmm?

William: Hold your horses. It means: be patient.

Li: Hold your horses, 字面意思是勒住马缰，引伸意思是，耐心点。So where does this phrase come from, William?

William: Well, apparently it comes from battles in times of war:

FX – Battle re-enactment noise

Man: Hold your horses men!

FX – gunfire, horses whinnying

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