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Feifei

HelloandwelcometoAuthenticRealEnglish.欢迎来到《地道英语》节目，我是冯菲菲。

Rob

Andhello,thisisRob.Andit'sanimportantdayintheofficetoday,isn'tit,Feifei?

Feifei

Err,isit?

Rob

Yesitis!Rememberthatbigprojectwe'veallbeenworkingon?

Feifei

Bigproject?我不懂你说的是哪个大项目？

Rob

Wellit'scrunchtime.

Feifei

Ohgreat–I'mstarving.I'llgetmycrisps.

Rob

Nonono,Ididn'tsay'lunchtime'.

Feifei

我知道你没说“lunchtime午饭时间”，但你说“crunchtime嘎吱咀嚼时间”。所以我提议咱们吃“crisps薯片”。Ilovecrisps.

Rob

No,no–Ididn'tmeanit'stimetocrunchcrisps.Crunchtimeisanimportantorcriticaltimewhenadecisiveordifficultdecisionhastobemade–andit'scrunchtimeforourbigproject.

Feifei

Ifyousayso,Rob.Crunchtime其实和嘎吱嘎吱吃东西没有任何关系。它用来比喻事件进行到“关键时刻，重要时刻，做决定的时刻”。So,Rob,whydon'tIfinishthesecrispswhilewehearsomeexamplesoftheexpression'crunchtime'?

Examples

We'vereachedcrunchtimeinourrelationship–I'mgoingtoaskmyboyfriendtomoveinwithme.Iwonderwhathe'llsay?

Theteamaredoingwellbutcomecrunchtime,willtheyscorethatvitalgoal?

It'scrunchtimeforustomorrow–that'swhenwefindoutifourbuildingplanshavebeenapproved.

Feifei

这里是BBC英语教学的《地道英语》节目。我们在这集节目中教给大家的地道说法是“crunchtime”，它用来描述面对困难时，必须做出决定的“关键时刻，紧要关头”。But,Rob,I'mstillnotclearwhyit'scrunchtimeforourbigproject?

Rob

Comeon,Feifei,youknow–theprojectwe'vebeenworkingonformonths.

Feifei

哦，你是在说咱们的那个“饼干项目”吧？

Rob

Exactly!Wehavetodecidetodaywhichbiscuitswe'regoingtobuyforourmeetings.Ifwedon'torderthemtoday,wewon'thaveanythingtoeatintomorrow'smeeting.

Feifei

Err.So,Rob,yourcrunchtimeisjustaboutwhatyou'llbecrunchingtomorrow.Youreallyneedtochangeyourpriorities.IthinkI'vereachedcrunchtimeinthisprogramme.

Rob

What'sthat?You'vegotabigdecisiontomake?

Feifei

Yes-tofinishthisprogrammeorfinishmycrisps.

Rob

Shallwejusteatthecrisps?

Feifei

OK.Bye.

Rob

Bye.Passthemoverthen.

Rob

…mmm.

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