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In this episode, I am going to teach you an interesting idiom. The idiom is "in the works." In the works. That's i-n, t-h-e, w-o-r-k-s. In the works.
在这一集中，我将教你一个有趣的习语。这个习语是“in the works”。
What does "in the works" mean? What does it mean if we describe something as in the works? First, let me tell you what "the works" means here.
“in the works”是什么意思？如果我们将某事描述为in the works，它是什么意思？首先，让我告诉你“the works”在这里是什么意思。
In this expression, "the works" refers to some kind of machinery or some kind of factory.
在这个表达中，“the works”指的是某种机器或某种工厂。
And so, when we say that something is in the works, we mean that it is being made.
因此，当我们说something is in the works，我们的意思是它正在制造中。
It is being produced now. Or it is being planned. Or it is being prepared. If something is in the works, it is in development. It is in the planning stage.
它现在正在生产。或者正在计划中。或者正在准备中。如果某事正在进行，它正在开发中。它处于规划阶段。
Let me give you an example of a situation where somebody might use the expression "in the works." Let's say that the city or the town where you live is building a park.
举例说明有人可能会使用“in the works”这个表达。假设你居住的城市或城镇正在建造一个公园。
And you go down to the place where this new park will be, and you notice that there is no path for people to ride bikes.
你来到这个新公园的所在地，发现那里没有供人们骑自行车的路。
You go to the site of this new park and there is no bike path. And you say to somebody, "Excuse me, I think this park will need a bike path."
你来到这个新公园的所在地，那里没有自行车道。你对某人说：“打扰一下，我认为这个公园需要一条自行车道。”
And the person says to you, "Oh, the bike path is in the works." The bike path is in the works. That means the bike path is already being planned.
那个人对你说：“Oh, the bike path is in the works.”自行车道正在修建中。这意味着自行车道已经在规划中。
"We have already thought about the bike path and we are working on it right now." It is being developed. Maybe somebody is planning where exactly this bike path will go.
“我们已经考虑过自行车道，现在正在修建。”自行车道正在修建中。也许有人正在规划这条自行车道的具体位置。
And they are already arranging to have all of the materials brought to this park. Or something like that.
他们已经在安排将所有材料运到这个公园。或诸如此类的事情。
The planning is already happening. They already know about this issue. The bike path is in the works. The bike path is not a new idea. They did not forget about it.
规划已经开始。他们已经知道这个问题。自行车道正在修建中。自行车道并不是一个新想法。他们没有忘记它。
They are planning to make this bike path already. It's already in the works. That is "in the works," very useful expression that I think you should know.
他们已经在计划修建这条自行车道。它已经在修建中。以上就是“in the works”的用法，一个非常有用的表达，我想你应该知道。
