1.表述：play by ear

释义1：To be able to play a piece of music after just listening to it a few times, without looking at the notes. （凭听觉记忆演奏）

例句：Wow, George is such a talented piano player! The way he can play pieces by ear after hearing them just once is so impressive!

哇，乔治真是个天才钢琴手！他只听过一次曲子就能凭耳朵弹奏，真是令人钦佩！

John can play the piano by ear. If I could play by ear, I wouldn't have to take lessons—or practice!

约翰能凭听觉弹奏钢琴。如果我这样，我就不用上课或练习了!

释义2：To make decisions about what action to take in a flexible way, based on the circumstances. （随机应变，见机行事）

I haven't decided what to say when he comes. I'll play it by ear.

他来时我不知道该说什么，到时候随机应变吧。

I' ve had no time to prepare for this meeting, so I' ll have to play it by ear.

我没有时间准备这次会议，所以只好有什么谈什么。

If we go into the meeting unprepared, we'll have to play everything by ear.

如果我们没有准备就去开会，那就只好见机行事了。

2.表述：cold feet

释义：Nervousness or anxiety felt before one attempts to do something. （在最后时刻失去勇气，临阵退缩）

用法：它是名词短语，做谓语和动词get搭配，即：get cold feet。

例句：I wasn't nervous until the morning of my wedding, but everyone assured me that it was just cold feet at the last moment.

直到婚礼那天早上我才紧张起来，但每个人都向我保证这只是到最后时刻紧张的现象。

Good luck getting her out on stage—she always gets cold feet before a performance.

祝她在舞台上好运——她在演出前总是临阵退缩。

He planned to participate in the demonstration, but then he got cold feet.

他打算参加示威，但后来临阵退缩了。

今天，我们学习了2个生动形象的雅思词汇：cold feet，play by ear。Hope that you can bear them in your mind.