地道英语：别太急/沉住气

　　Hold Your Horses

　　William: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English. My name is William Kremer.

　　Li: 大家好我是杨莉，William, 今天的新词语是什么?

　　William: Well, hold on a second Li, let me just play you -

　　Li: 不行不行，告诉我嘛 到底是那个短语?

　　William: Well, well come onto that in a minute but Ive got some special FX for you...

　　Li: 什么特殊音效?! 特殊音乐? 你还不知道嘛，我们的听众对此并不感冒! 他们想学的是地道英语，而且你最好还是开门见山! 不要兜圈子，说吧，到底是哪个短语?

　　William: Li, hold your horses!

　　Li: Hmmm?

　　William: Hold your horses. It means: be patient.

　　Li: Hold your horses, 字面意思是勒住马缰，引伸意思是，耐心点。So where does this phrase come from, William?

　　William: Well, apparently it comes from battles in times of war:

　　FX Battle re-enactment noise

　　Man: Hold your horses men!

　　FX gunfire, horses whinnying

　　Li: Wow, Will, your FX this week are really special!

　　William: Hmmm I know! In that clip we heard a soldier telling his men to hold their horses before he started firing weapons.

　　Li: But nowadays, I am guessing, you dont need to be a soldier to use this phrase, right?

　　William: Right, exactly. It means dont rush, be patient. Lets hear a couple of examples:

　　Man: Ive just gone online to order us some new computers. Whats our charge code again?

　　Woman: Ah, well youre going to have to hold your horses! I havent agreed a budget yet with the management team.

　　Man 2: Ive just spoken to Mark

　　Woman 2: Have you indeed? Well dont listen to a word that man says! Hes never liked me...

　　Man 2: Hey, hey hey! Hold your horses. We didnt discuss you at all, as a matter of fact.

　　Li: 以上第一段对话中的男子急迫地要去订购一些电脑，但是，在公司还没批准之前，他必须要耐心等待;要 hold his horses.

　　William: Hmm. And the second example was slightly different. In that clip we heard a woman interrupt the man because she thought that she knew what he was going to say.

　　Li: 是的，讲话的男子告诉讲话的女子别急，hold her horse 等他把话说完。

　　William: Yes, but Li we never say Hold your horse we always say Hold your horses.

　　Li: Oh, OK, thank you. Ill bear it in mind. But, er, Will...?

　　William: Yeah?

　　Li: Can you hold this for me?

　　Horse whinnying