例句2: My mother and my sister have very different personalities. Mom always washes her hair before she goes to her hairdresser just to save money. But my sister asks for the works every time despite the fact she doesn't even have a job.
下面我们要给大家讲解的习惯用语就是: in the works. In the works这个习惯用语是用来形容一个正在计划中的工程,或者这个工程正在进行中。要是说一个工程is in the works,那它的意思就是这个工程已经开始,但是在结束前还有很多工作要做。下面这个例子是一个电台记者在报导汽车工业正在进行的一个项目。他说:
例句3: Several automakers have projects in the works to put a practical electrical car on the market by the year two thousand. They hope to build a car that will run four hundred miles without recharging the batteries.
例句4: I like to read books on different topics - medicine, energy, arts and whatnot. I've accumulated a lot of notes I took while reading. A plan to file these notes is in the works, but it's going to take a long time before I get to it.