Welcome to English in a Minute, where we teach you all about idioms in American English.
欢迎收听《一分钟英语》,在这里我们将教您一些美式英语中的俚语。
Making decisions is important, and it can be difficult. When you ask people to decide something, you might hear them say: It's up to you!
做决定是很重要的,但是这也很难。当你叫别人做决定是,你可能会听到他们回答:It's up to you!(你说了算)
To find out what this one means, let's listen to this conversation.
这是什么意思呢?让我们一起来听听这段对话吧!
What do you want for dinner tonight?
今天晚饭想吃什么?
I'm not sure. What do you want?
不知道。你想吃什么?
It's up to you. Whatever you want, we will have.
听你的。你想吃什么,我们就吃什么。
When you say, "it's up to you," it's another way to say that you want the other person to choose.
当你说“It's up to you!”,意思是你想要别人做选择。
That might be because you can't decide, or you are being nice and are letting someone else choose.
可能是你不能做决定,也可能是你很好,让别人选择。
It's up to you!
听你的!
And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是本期的《一分钟英语》。