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今天分享的词组是:test the water 意思就是我们常说的“试试水”。

它到底什么样的情况下使用呢?听一听 Li 和 Neil 这段对话(附音频以及中英字幕),一起来学习吧!
Li: Hello everyone, I'm Li. Welcome to the English We Speak. With me today is Neil.
莉:大家好。我是莉。欢迎收听地道英语节目。今天和我一起主持节目的是尼尔。
Neil: Hello everyone.
尼尔:大家好。
Li: Hi Neil, you look very happy today, what are you up to?
莉:嘿,尼尔,你今天看上去非常高兴,有什么好事吗?
Neil: I'm quite excited about my website: greatmindsshakehands.com. I've been designing it for months and it's nearly complete.
尼尔:我对我的网站 greatmindsshakehands.com 感到兴奋不已。我已经设计了好几个月了,现在马上就要完成了。
Li: Wow, I like the sound of it. I didn't know you could design websites, Neil.
莉:哇,听起来真不错。尼尔,我不知道你会设计网站呢。
Neil: Well, it's for fun really. My website will be a public site where people can share ideas, you know, like-minded people. I want to launch it next week but first I must test the water.
尼尔:嗯,只是因为好玩。我的网站是一个公用站点,人们可以在上面分享想法,寻找志同道合的人。我想下周发布网站,不过首先我想先试水。
Li: Test the water, test what water? Does your website depend on water? I'm very confused!
莉:试水,试什么水?你的网站要靠水运作吗?我感到很奇怪。
Neil: No Li, to test the water means to test the idea, try it out and see if it works.
尼尔:不是,莉,这个短语的意思是测试一下这个想法,先尝试看看能否成功。
Li: I see. 'Test the water' is the phrase for the English We Speak today. Let's hear some examples of how people use it.
莉:我明白了。Test the water就是今天地道英语节目要学习的短语。我们来听些例句,看看这个短语如何应用。
Examples:
例句:
1. Woman A: Have you started on your new book?
女A:你开始写新书了吗?
Woman B: Yes, I've written three chapters and I've sent it to the publishers to test the water.
女B:开始了,我把已经完成的三章寄给出版社了,打算先试探一下。
2. Woman A: Oh, what perfume are you wearing? It's lovely.
女A:哦,你用的是什么香水?真好闻。
Woman B: Oh thanks. It's just a sample a company sent me. They're testing the water to see if people like it.
女B:谢谢。这是一家公司刚刚寄给我的样品。他们想先测试一下,看人们喜不喜欢。
3. Woman A: How is your Shakespeare project going?
女A:你的莎士比亚项目进行的怎么样了?
Woman B: It's early days; we're still testing the water.
女B:现在是初期阶段,我们仍在试水。
Woman A: Well, good luck with it.
女A:祝你好运。
Woman B: Thanks.
女B:谢谢。
Li: So Neil, how much testing have you done, have you got good feedback?
莉:尼尔,你做多少试验了?有收到好的反馈吗?
Neil: Well, my wife loves it, but most other people say they don't understand how to use it.
尼尔:我妻子很喜欢这个网站,不过大部分人说他们不知道要怎么用。
Li: It sounds like it's not user-friendly.
莉:听起来这个网站不方便用户操作。
Neil: You're right. I think I need to make a few changes and then I'll test the water again.
尼尔:你说的对。我想我要做些改动,然后再次试水。
Li: I'm happy to be your guinea pig when you're ready.
莉:你再试水的时候我很高兴做你的实验对象。
Neil: 'Guinea pig', I think that's an expression for another program. For now, it's goodbye from both of us.
尼尔:实验对象,我想要用另一期节目来讲这个短语。现在,我们该结束今天的节目了。
Li: Bye.
莉:再见。
Neil: Goodbye.
尼尔:再见。
1. test the water 试探;
例句:You should be cautious when getting involved and test the water before committing yourself.
参与其中时一定要小心谨慎,表态之前最好试探一下。
2. depend on 依靠;依赖;
例句:Nora grew accustomed to depending on her husband.
诺拉变得习惯于依赖丈夫。
3. try out 试验;测验;
例句:Let's try out your method. It seems very good.
我们来试试你的办法,看来这办法不错。
4. start on 开始做(需要做的事);
例句:No need for you to start on the washing-up yet.
你没有必要现在就开始洗餐具。
5. guinea pig 实验对象;试验品;
例句:Nearly 500,000 pupils are to be guinea pigs in a trial run of the new 14-plus exams.
这种 14 岁以上学生参加的最新考试将在近 50 万名学生中试行。

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