迷你對話學地道口語第1914期:同時有幾件事情要做

第一，情景對話

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A: John is very busy recently.

約翰最近看起來很忙。

B: He has many irons in the fire.

他手上攬了幾份工作。

A: But he can manage to keep all of them hot.

但他還可以兼顧得很好。

B: He's really energetic.

他真是精力充沛。

第二，詞海拾貝

have many irons in the fire

exp. To have several simultaneous activities or potential undertakings or opportunities. （同時有個事情要做）

e.g. I have many irons in the fire at work right now and it's going to be tricky to balance all of them over the next few weeks.

我現在在工作上有很多事情要做，在接下來的幾周內平衡這些事情是很棘手的。

A: How's the job search going?

工作找得如何呢？

B: No interviews yet, but I have many irons in the fire.

還沒有面試，但我有很多事情要忙。

I have no time to rest because I have many irons in the fire.

我沒時間休息，因爲我有很多事情要做。

To have many irons in the fire will make you exhausted.

太多事情要做會讓你筋疲力盡的。