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欢迎来到《一分钟英语》栏目!
If you crack something, you break it.
如果你crack某物,你就会把它弄坏。
But what does someone mean if they tell you to get cracking?
但是如果有人告诉你get cracking是什么意思?
Dan, can you help me with my proposal?
丹,你能帮我写提案吗?
You mean the one that's due tonight?
你是指今晚截止的那份?
Let me see what you've got.
让我看看你有什么。
Well, I don't have much...
嗯,我没有太多。。。
...or, um, anything.
…或者,嗯,任何东西。
Are you serious?
你是认真的吗?
You only have...
你只有。。。
five hours!
五个小时!
Well then, we'd better get cracking!
好吧,那我们最好马上开始!
We?
我们?
Get cracking is a way of telling someone to do something right away.
Get cracking是告诉某人马上做某事的一种方式。
You can also say it about yourself, as in,
你也可以用它来指自己,比如,
"I should get cracking on my homework."
“我应该抓紧做作业了。”
People sometimes drop the full "ing" sound and just say, get crackin'.
人们有时会省略完整的“ing”音,只说get crackin’
And that's Englis in a Minute!
这就是一分钟英语!