Welcome to English in a Minute!
欢迎来到《一分钟英语》栏目。
The wind is windy.
wind是指刮风。
If you throw something into it, like these feathers, they blow away.
如果你冲着风扔东西,比如这些羽毛,它们就会被吹走。
But what happens when you "throw caution to the wind"?
但是当你“throw caution to the wind”时,会发生什么呢?
Let's listen.
我们一起听一下。
Dan, I heard you are finally going to climb Mt. Everest. That is amazing!
丹,我听说你终于要去攀登珠穆朗玛峰了。太棒了!
I changed my mind. I'm just not ready.
我改变主意了。我还没准备好。
Now is not the time to be careful, Dan. Throw caution to the wind!
现在不是谨慎的时候,丹。要豁出去了!
Caution keeps us alive. I like being alive.
谨慎会让我们活下去。我更想活着。
When we "throw caution to the wind", we stop being careful about something.
当我们“throw caution to the wind”时,就是指我们对某事不再谨慎。
We take a very brave step to do something that could result failure.
我们迈出了非常勇敢的一步,去做一些可能会导致失败的事情。
And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是本期的《一分钟英语》。