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第 254 课:人的鼻子-7

If you are a good person, you will lend an ear to your friends. 如果你心肠好,你会去倾听朋友的心声。

You will listen to them when they have a problem they need to talk about. 当朋友遇到麻烦,需要倾诉的时候,你会去聆听。

Our last expression is to play it by ear. This has two meanings. 我们的最后一个短语表达是 play it by ear. 该短语有两层意思:

One is to play a song on a musical instrument by remembering the tune and not by reading the music. 其一是指,在器乐演奏中不看谱子而通过记忆来演奏音乐。

Play it by ear also means to decide what to do at the last minute instead of making detailed plans. 另一个意思是指随机应变。