Finding your feet
适应新环境
Helen: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English. Rosie and I are doing a salsa class tonight. Its my favourite Latin American dance and I love the music! Salsa 是我最喜欢的拉丁舞,音乐可棒了!
Rosie: Yes, and its not easy One, two, three, whoops! Im not very good yet Im still finding my feet.
Helen: Youre still finding your feet? No wonder youre so bad. How can you dance if you dont know where your feet are? 你如果连自己的脚都搞不清楚在哪儿,怎么可能跳舞?
Rosie: I do know where my feet are, Helen. When you say youre finding your feet in English, it means youre becoming confident at something .
Helen: So if I say Im still finding my feet, it means Im still getting used to a new situation 原来 finding my feet 这个短语的意思是说我还在适应新环境,是个比喻,和脚其实没关系 。
Rosie: Thats right. And when you say youve found your feet, it means youve become familiar with a situation.
Helen: Lets have a look at some examples:
Lauren has only been at her new job for four days, so shes still finding her feet.
My daughter started secondary school two weeks ago, but shes already found her feet. Shes made loads of new friends and really likes her teachers.
Ive been living in Egypt for a year but I still cant speak Arabic very well. Im sure youll find your feet soon.
Helen: 这个短语还挺有用的,人们经常在开始新工作时或者学新东西的时候说 。
Rosie: Thats right And I feel like Im getting quite good at salsa now.
Helen: Really? It looks like youre still finding your feet Rosie 觉得她的 salsa 已经跳得不错了,我看她还没找到她的脚呢! Shes still finding her feet.
Rosie: I might ask someone to dance with me, Helen. That guy over there is pretty good. Hi, would you like to dance?
Man: Oh, OK.
Rosie: Oooooh this is fun. One, two, three Oops sorry! Did I step on your foot?
Man: Ouch!
Helen: It looks like Rosies doing more than finding her feet. Rosie 不光是找到了其他人的脚,她还踩了别人的脚,这可糟了!
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