聽(tīng)力每日練習(xí) listen 942 Off the Cuff

 
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(gè)俚語(yǔ)就是使用的這個(gè)詞：即興
1--它的意思是什？讓我們一起來(lái)看一看。
2--我明天有一個(gè)演講，但是我真的沒(méi)有時(shí)間去寫(xiě)。
1--我會(huì)把筆記整合，但是我想大部分是即興的。
2--沒(méi)什么問(wèn)題的。沒(méi)有演講稿的時(shí)候，你也能做得很出色。
1--我覺(jué)得最好的演講一般都是脫稿的。真的嗎?
2--這個(gè)俚語(yǔ)是指沒(méi)有太多安排的演講。
1--很久以前它就出現(xiàn)了，當(dāng)時(shí)許多男士的袖口都是紙做的，所以他們可以在上面寫(xiě)東西。
2--這就可以讓他們?cè)谘葜v時(shí)讀袖口上的筆記。