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1--A cuff is the part of a shirt that ends at your wrist
2--Here is an idiom that uses this word: Off the Cuff
1--What could that mean? Let's find out.
2--I have to give a speech tomorrow, and I really don't have time to write it.
1--I will put together some notes, but I think it will be mostly off the cuff.
2--That shouldn't be a problem. You do really well when you don't have a script.
1--I think your best speeches are usually off the cuff. Really?
2--This idiom means to speech without much planning.
1--It comes from long ago when many men wore cuffs made of paper, which they would write on.
2--This let them speak by reading notes off their cuffs.
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注解:
1.wrist手腕
2.Off the Cuff即興
3.script腳本
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譯文:
1--袖口是指在你手腕處、襯衫的最后那部分。
2--這有一個俚語就是使用的這個詞:即興
1--它的意思是什?讓我們一起來看一看。
2--我明天有一個演講,但是我真的沒有時間去寫。
1--我會把筆記整合,但是我想大部分是即興的。
2--沒什么問題的。沒有演講稿的時候,你也能做得很出色。
1--我覺得最好的演講一般都是脫稿的。真的嗎?
2--這個俚語是指沒有太多安排的演講。
1--很久以前它就出現(xiàn)了,當(dāng)時許多男士的袖口都是紙做的,所以他們可以在上面寫東西。
2--這就可以讓他們在演講時讀袖口上的筆記。