聽力每日練習 listen 1081 Play It by Ear

 
2--What does it mean? Let's find out by listening to an American English conversation.
 
1--Hey, what do you want to do this weekend?
 
2--I don't know. We could see a movie or have dinner. Why don't we play it by ear?
 
1--Sure.
 
2--"Play it by ear" means you aren't going to make a firm plan, but will decide what to do as you go along.
 
1--This idiom has a musical meaning too.
 
2--When you don't have the written music for a song, but you play the notes that you think you've heard, you " play it by ear."
 
1--So when you are in a situation where you make a plan as you go, you're " playing it by ear".
 
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注解：
 
1.conversation對話 
2.musical音樂的
3.situation情況 

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譯文：
 
1--如果你聽美式英語時，你有可能會聽到這個短語“Play it by ear（見機行事）”。
2--這是什么意思呢？讓我們一起來聽聽下面的對話吧。
1--嘿，你周末有什么計劃么？
2--不知道呀。我們可以看看電影、吃頓飯。到時視情況再定（play it by ear），怎么樣？1--好的。
2--“Play it by ear”的意思是你沒有一個明確的計劃，走一步看一步。
1--在音樂領(lǐng)域，這個俚語也有特定的含義。
2--當你沒有一首歌的樂譜時，你是憑借聽過的記憶來彈奏這首曲子。你是“憑借自己的耳朵（聽過的）來彈奏”（play it by ear）。
1--所以當你處于走一步看一步的情形時，你就是在“即興彈奏”（引申為：見機行事；play it by ear）。