VOA一分鐘英語：Touch and Go

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歡迎來到《一分鐘英語》欄目。
Touch is one of our five senses.
觸覺是我們的五種感官之一。
So, what might "touch-and-go" mean?
那“touch-and-go”是什么意思呢?
I just heard from Ashley that you lost your pet. I'm so sorry.
我剛聽艾希禮說你的寵物丟失了。很抱歉。
Thanks. Dan. Things were touch-and-go for a while. But finally, I found Rocky.
謝謝你。丹。有一段時間情況確實吉兇難測。但最后，我還是找到了洛奇。
It's a rock?
它是石頭嗎?
It's Rocky -- my pet rock. We go way back, Dan.
這就是洛奇，我的寵物石頭。我們關(guān)系很好，丹。
"Touch-and-go" describes a situation that is uncertain.
“Touch-and-go”描述的是一種不確定的情況。
The final result is unknown.
最終結(jié)果是未知的。
We mostly use this phrase when talking about serious situations, like a health scare.
我們通常是在談論嚴重的情況時使用這個短語，比如一場健康危機。
Not a missing pet rock.
而不是丟了一只寵物。