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五分鐘英語練習 (082)
"Five minutes English practice" (082)
《Listen & Practice - 聆聽和練習》
【Let’s get started.】
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【Casual English - 隨興英語】
隨興英語 (024-2) - 【call it a day – 結束工作；到此為止；收工】
Time to call it a day, ladies.
該收工了，女士們。
Look. It's coming up on five o'clock.
你看。馬上就要到五點了。
What do you say we call it a day?
我們今天就到此為止吧，如何？
剛才的片段中出現了call it a day，這是什麼意思呢？稱它為一天嗎？可咱們過的每一天不都是一天嗎？除了叫他Day還能叫他啥呢？據說最早的版本並非call it a day，而是call it half a day。這個用法源自19世紀初，當工人只工作半天就回家，就會call it half a day。就當工作半天吧。那麼自然的，如果完成了一天的工作，不就是call IT A Day嗎？不過call it a day的說法是二十世紀初才流行開來的。通常的語境就是忙完了一天該休息了，有時也可以單純指結束某項工作，有可能是成功做完了，也有可能是不樂意繼續了。咱們一起來看看兩個例子，it's Seven Clock already so lets call it a day已經七點了，咱們收工吧after working。 The Company for Tony years，he decided to call it a day。在為這家公司工作二十年後，他決定不干了。與此相應的，也有call it a Night這種說法。通常語境是結束某項娛樂準備休息。比如The Party is Over，let's call it a Night聚會結束了，咱們休息吧。 I have to get early Tomorrow，I'm call it a Night，我明天要早起，我不玩了，我就說我要休息了，怎麼樣，你學會了嗎？咱們最後再看一遍開頭幾個片段。
鞏固一下。
Welcome to English.
In a minute where we teach you all about idioms in American English.
Let's say you have worked all day and you are really tired like these people.
I am exhausted.
I have been working at this since 7:00 AM this morning.
Me too. I think it's time we call it a day.
I agree. Let's go home.
Call it a day.
When you call it a day in American English,
it means you are ending work, play, or something you are doing that day.
Often it means you have finished your work
and you are going home.
You can use this phrase in any situation
and everybody in America will understand you.
And that's English in a minute,
so I'm calling it a day and going home.
歡迎來到英語。
在一分鐘內，我們教你所有關於美式英語的成語。
比方說，你工作了一整天，你真的像這些人一樣累了。
我已經筋疲力盡了。
我從今天早上7點開始就一直在做這個工作。
我也是。我想我們是時候收工了。
我同意。我們回家吧。
稱之為一天。
在美式英語中，當你稱它為一天時，
意思是你要結束工作、遊戲或你當天正在做的事情。
通常它意味著你已經完成了你的工作
並且你要回家了。
你可以在任何情況下使用這個短語
在美國，每個人都會理解你。
這就是英語在一分鐘內、
所以我今天就到此為止，回家了。
To call it a day. You look very tired. Please finish it tomorrow. Call it a day. To call it a day means to discontinue work or an activity for the day. Here are examples sentences. Let's work on one more unit. Once we finish this unit, we can call it a day. I can't call it a day until I finish reading this chapter. I have a test tomorrow on the chapter.
今天就到此為止吧。你看起來很累。請明天完成它。今天就到此為止吧。結束一天的工作意味著停止當天的工作或活動。下面是一些例句。讓我們再做一個單元。一旦我們完成這個單元，我們就可以收工了。在我讀完這一章之前，我不能叫它一天。明天我有一個關於這一章的考試。
Let's do an exercise! To better remember the idiom
For each question, replace a word or words in a sentence with the idiom so that the meaning of the sentence is not changed.
You have 5 seconds per question.
為了熟記這個成語，我們來做個練習吧！
對於每一個問題，用成語替換句子中的一個或幾個詞，使句子的意思不發生變化。
每道題你有5秒鐘時間。
I must finish my work for today.
I cannot just stop my work and go home.
我必須完成我今天的工作。
我不能就這樣停止我的工作並回家。
I must finish my work for today.
I cannot just call it a day.
我必須完成今天的工作。我不能就這樣收工。
We had a power outage yesterday and we had to stop working and leave early.
昨天停電了，我們不得不停止工作，提前離開。
We had a power outage yesterday and we had to call it a day early.
昨天停電了，我們不得不提前收工。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Replay the video until you can say the idiom naturally.
重複播放影片，直到你能自然地說出這個成語。
A working knowledge of frequently used idioms is essential in order to naturally communicate with Americans.
要想自然地與美國人交流，掌握經常被使用的慣用語之工作語言，是必不可少的。
Learn to speak English fluently with Poly languages.
歡迎光臨twominenglish.com，兩分鐘的英語教學課程
In this lesson you will learn how to use the idiom 'to call it a day' in your conversations.
在本課程中，你將學到如何在談話中使用call it a day
The idiom ‘calling it a day' means to stop working on something for the rest of that day, whether or not it is completed.
俚語calling it a day的意思，是不管事情有沒有完成，今天就到此為止吧
That's correct. It means to quit an activity for the rest of the day or for the present time and continue it the next day.
沒錯，這俚語的意思是現在就收工了，明天再繼續吧
I'm tired. Let's call it a day.
好累！我們收工吧
Are you kidding? You just got here.
開什麼玩笑？你才剛來而已
Yes, I'm kidding. I was just giving you an example. Let me give you another one: Larry was working late last night, I told him to call it a day and go home.
我為了舉例開了個玩笑。再給你說一個例子：Larry昨天工作到很晚，我要他收工回家
Wow! That's surprising, Larry really worked late?
哇，天啊，Larry真的工作到很晚？
Nope, just another example.
不，只是另一個例子而已
Yeah, I didn't think Larry would do that. He's usually the one to call it a day at noon!
是啊，我想Larry不會那樣做，他通常一到中午就收工了
One more thing. ''Calling it a day''also means to stop some activity altogether.
加碼放送：call it a day也可以用來表示完全停止某些活動或行為
For example: The fossil fuels will be all exhausted in the future, and the oil industry will have to call it a day.
比如說：石化燃料不久將會消耗殆盡，石油工業不得不停工
Good example! However teasing Larry like that is not good, we better call it a day.
好例子，但這樣揶揄Larry總是不太好，我們最好就此罷手
I know that Martha. In fact, Larry is really competent. He usually complete his work by noon.
我知道，Martha，是實上Larry很能幹，他通常中午之前就完工了
I noticed that too!
我也注意到了
Alright. Let's listen to some conversations now.
好，我們來聽一段對話
Larry, what are you doing? You just shut down your computer.
Larry，你在做什麼？你把電腦給關了
I'm calling it a day. I'm off to the beach for a family outing!
我收工了，我要和家人到海邊休假
It's 2 O‘clock Larry. What about the program codes?
Larry現在才兩點！程式碼呢？
Don't worry, I've already updated them. Why don't you take a look?
別擔心，我已經更新了，何不去看看？
Okay, everything looks fine.
好，看起來似乎很不錯
I've also designed the widget you told me about; it's in your mail.
我已經把你要的小器具設計好了，就在你的信箱裏
Oh thank you so much! I think I can call it a day soon too!
感激不盡，我想我也可以收工了
Tina, is that you? Still here at 9pm?
是你嗎Tina？都9點了還在啊？
Oh Martha! I can't get my algorithms done.
唉呀Martha，我搞不定這些演算法
Sometimes it's best to put them away, and start fresh later.
有時候最好把事情擱著，晚一點再重新來過
Yeah, I think I'll just work one more hour.
是囉，我打算就多作一小時
No, it's very late, already! Let's call it a day Tina.
不行，夜深了，收工吧
Yeah, my brain is not working now. I think it's time to call it a day.
我的腦袋罷工了，我想該是收工的時候了
Our team is behind by 8 runs.
我們隊伍落後8分
Yeah, and only 1 inning is left in the game.
而且比賽只剩最後一局
Looks like they might as well call it a day.
看起來他們還是收工好了
I hate to admit it, but our team doesn't stand a chance in this game.
我實在很不願意承認，但我們隊實在毫無勝算
Yep. Let's call it a day too, and head home.
是的，收工，回家
I'm tired. Let's call it a day.
好累啊，收工了
I told him to call it a day and go home.
我要他收工回家
He's usually the one to call it a day at noon!
他通常一到中午就收工了
I'm calling it a day.
今天就到此為止吧
I think I can call it a day soon, too!
我也不想再做任何事了
I think it's time to call it a day.
該是收工的時候了
Let's call it a day and go home.
今天就到此為止，我們回家吧
