AEE 2694：我们提前完成了米歇尔令人兴奋的消息

这里是All Ears English播客，第2694期。

This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2694.

我们提前了进度，因为Michelle有个激动人心的消息。

We're ahead of schedule with Michelle's exciting news.

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Are you feeling stuck with your English?

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你的美国主持人，纽约电台女孩Michelle Kaplan，和雅思高手Aubrey Carter。

With your American hosts, Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl, and Aubrey Carter, the IELTS whiz.

我们来自美国亚利桑那州和纽约市。

Coming to you from Arizona and New York City, USA.

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你可不想错过我今天节目里的重磅消息。

You don't want to miss my exciting announcement in today's episode.

我们还会分享三种描述东西提前到达的说法。

We'll also share three ways to describe something that arrives early.

你好，米歇尔。

Hello, Michelle.

你最近怎么样？

How are you?

我挺好的，奥布里。

I am doing well, Aubrey.

你呢？

How are you?

我很好。

I am great.

问你个问题。

Quick question for you.

你有没有遇到过亚马逊快递比预期早到很多的情况？

Have you ever had an Amazon delivery that came way earlier than expected?

对，有时候亚马逊挺奇怪的。

Yeah, sometimes Amazon, it's weird.

有时候他们没你希望的那么快，有时候你突然觉得要等很久，结果它却比预期早到了。

Sometimes they're not as fast as you would hope, and sometimes all of a sudden you think it's going to take much longer, and then it just arrives earlier than expected.

所以是的，我遇到过这种情况。

So yeah, that has happened to me.

那总是个特别的惊喜。

That's always a special surprise.

但是——

But-

说到特别的惊喜，我还有别的东西比预期早到了。

... speaking of special surprises, I have had something else come earlier than expected.

我甚至没来得及在节目上宣布我怀了另一个宝宝，结果那个宝宝就比预期早出生了。

I did not even get a chance to announce on the show that I was pregnant with another baby, and I already had that baby earlier than expected.

恭喜——

Congratulations-

谢谢

Thank you

……顺便代表所有听众说一声。

... by the way, on behalf of all the listeners.

谢谢。

Thank you.

我相信大家都很兴奋，而且可能也很惊讶，因为是的……宝宝来得特别早。

I'm sure everyone's excited, and also probably very surprised because yeah- ... the baby came very early.

所以你——

So you-

对

Yes

……还没来得及宣布你怀孕的消息。

... hadn't even had a chance to announce that you were expecting.

是的。

Yes.

我确实没来得及。

I did not have a chance.

所以我在孕晚期刚开始不久就生了宝宝。

So I had a baby just pretty early on in my third trimester.

所以我现在有三个孩子了。

And so I have three children now.

我是三个孩子的妈妈。

I'm a mother of three.

我有一个小女儿。

I have a little baby girl.

她在新生儿重症监护室待了一段时间，但我想正式宣布这个消息。

She's been in the NICU for quite some time, but I wanted to officially announce it.

她恢复得很好。

She's doing well.

希望很快能带她回家。

Hoping I'll have her home soon.

不过确实，比预产期早了不少。

But yes, earlier than expected.

是的。

Yes.

哦，这确实很棘手，因为有时候事情来得太早会让人很兴奋，但像宝宝这种情况，又有点吓人。

Oh, it's so tricky because sometimes things are so exciting when they come so early, and then with something like a baby, it's kind of scary.

所以我很感激有新生儿重症监护室，能提供必要的医疗护理。

So I'm grateful that there are NICUs that can provide the medical care necessary.

我很高兴你一直能在医院陪着她。

I'm glad you've been able to be with her in the hospital.

所以，是的，我也很高兴你现在和我们分享这个消息。

And so yeah, and I'm glad you are sharing it with us now.

恭喜你。

Congratulations.

我们为你感到非常兴奋——

We're so excited for you-

哦，是的

Oh, yeah

……欢迎第三个宝宝加入你们可爱的家庭。

... to welcome a third baby into your cute family.

谢谢。

Thank you.

我相信我们的听众里也有人经历过类似的事情。

And I'm sure that we've had listeners who have had something like this happen.

也许是在新生儿重症监护室待过，或者类似的情况。

Maybe a NICU stay or something like that.

确实。

Definitely.

新生儿重症监护室，就是宝宝需要额外支持或者早产时去的地方。

NICU, that's where the babies go when they need a little extra support, or maybe they've been born early.

所以，如果你有相关经历或者有疑问，我真的很想知道，可以告诉我。

So yeah, I'd definitely be curious if you have experience with that or questions about that, let me know.

欢迎随时给我们留言提问。

Definitely feel free to write us your questions.

对，当然。

Yeah, definitely.

为了庆祝Michelle的宝宝提前到来，我们觉得分享一期关于事情提前发生时的词汇会很有趣。

And in celebration of Michelle's early baby, we thought it would be fun to share an episode with vocabulary when things do come earlier, happen earlier-

……在我们预料之前。

... before we're expecting it.

所以我们很兴奋能分享这些有趣的词汇，因为这是多好的交流方式啊。

So we're excited to share some of this fun vocab because what a great way to connect.

如果有什么事情，当然不只是关于宝宝的，很多事情都可能在你预料之前发生。

If something like, and certainly not about babies, lots of different things could happen before you expect it.

比如找到工作，或者被某所大学录取，如果你在移民的话。

Getting a job, maybe getting into a certain university, if you're immigrating.

有时候事情会比我们预想的要花更长时间，但有时候也会比我们预期的来得更早。

Sometimes things take longer than we want, but sometimes it happens earlier than we expect.

所以我们要分享三种表达“提前到达”的方式。

So we are going to share three ways that you can talk about something arriving early.

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太棒了。

Awesome.

是的。

Yes.

好，那我们开始吧，Michelle。

All right, let's dive into this, Michelle.

我们的第一个短语是“ahead of schedule”。

Our first phrase is ahead of schedule.

我们在工作中经常用这个，对吧？

We use this a lot at work, right?

不过，任何计划中的事情都可以用这个表达。

But it could be for anything that's planned.

这通常是个好消息，对吧？

It's generally positive, right?

对。

Yes.

如果某件事提前于计划发生，那说明它比预期的要早，这是好事。

If something's ahead of schedule, that's a good thing that it happened sooner than you would expect.

你可以带点讽刺的语气说："哦，我的宝宝提前出生了。"

You could say it in a bit of a sarcastic way like, "Oh, my baby came.

"比预定的时间还早。"

She was ahead of schedule."

但很多时候，它更多是表达一种积极的情况，比如我们做了额外的规划，工作也很努力，所以——

But a lot of times it is more about a positive thing with we've done extra planning, we worked hard, so-

……我们就提前完成了。

... we're ahead of schedule.

所以，很多时候你会听到这个说法，但你也可能听到说火车什么的提前到达了。

So, that's a lot of the times you'll hear it, but you could also hear it with the train or something is just ahead of schedule.

但我觉得，当你听到“提前”这个词时，确实听起来更积极一些，你觉得呢？

But I would say that when you hear ahead of schedule, it does kind of sound more positive, don't you think?

是的，我同意。

Yeah, I agree.

比如说，你可能会说：“我们提前结束了会议，所以大家都能早点回家。”

For example, you might say, "We finished the meeting ahead of schedule, so we all were able to go home earlier."

就像你有一个时间表，一个计划好的结束时间，这通常是积极的。

It's like you have this schedule, a set plan for when things should end, and that's usually positive.

当事情提前发生时，通常是很令人兴奋的。

It's usually exciting when something happens ahead of schedule.

或者，“包裹提前到了，这让我儿子很高兴。”

Or, "The package arrived ahead of schedule, which made my son happy."

所以我不知道你是否也有这种情况，Aubrey，当你给孩子订了东西，然后每天问：“到了吗？”

So I don't know if you ever have this with your kids, Aubrey, where you order something for them, and then every day, "Is it here?

到了吗？

Is it here?

到了吗？

Is it here?"

是的。

Yes.

而且我女儿已经开始拿我的手机去看了。

And my daughter has started taking my phone to look.

她想在亚马逊上追踪，看看什么时候到。

She wants to track on Amazon to see when it's coming.

对。

Yes.

所以，是的，我经常找不到手机，就是因为我的孩子拿去追踪亚马逊包裹了。

So yeah, often if I can't find my phone, it's because one of my kids took it to try and track an Amazon package.

真有意思。

That's funny.

所以如果突然能告诉你‘东西已经到了’，那肯定能让某人开心。

So if all of a sudden you can say, "It's actually here," then it can definitely make someone happy.

或者还有别的例子吗？

Or what's another example?

比如航班对吧？

Or flights, right?

我们都习惯了飞机晚点、延误，但有时候它们也会提前到达，对吧？

We're all used to flights being late, delayed, but sometimes they're running ahead of schedule, right?

你可能会说："航班提前了，我们会早到。"

You might say, "The flight is running ahead of schedule, so we will be there early."

机长可能会这么广播，对吧？

The pilot might announce that, right?

有时候只是提前几分钟，有时候多一点，但只要比预计时间早到，这时候我们就会用“提前”这个词。

And sometimes it's just a few minutes, sometimes a little more, but if it's going to arrive before the announced, the expected time, that's when we would use this, ahead of schedule.

所以再说一次，当然还是要看具体语境，对吧？

So again, of course, it depends on the context, right?

我想如果你的航班提前到了，而且你身边有朋友，本来还有个惊喜派对，你可能会说：‘哎呀，航班提前到了。’

I imagine if your flight is running ahead of schedule and you have your friend with you and there was going to be a surprise party, you might be like, "Oh, the flight ran ahead of schedule."

那就不妙了。

Then it's bad.

但我们必须想个B计划。所以当然，我们不是——

But we have to come up with a plan B. So of course, we're not-

看情况。

Depends

……要说它总是积极的。

... going to say it's always positive.

看具体场景。

Depends on the scenario.

但大多数时候。

But a lot of the time.

看具体场景，但如果你想找个简单的方法记住它，一般来说，我觉得它算是件好事。

Depends on the scenario, but if you're trying to think of a basic way to keep this in your mind, generally, I would say it's a kind of a positive thing.

现在我们来看下一个，就是比预期早或比预期晚。

And now we're going to move on to the next one, which is earlier or sooner than expected.

这个呢，我觉得稍微中性一点。

So this one, I would say it's a little bit more neutral.

它可以用在两种情况，但就是实际发生的和你猜的或者预期的不一样。

It could be used for either, but it's just the reality of what actually happened versus what you were guessing would happen-

没错。

Exactly

或者是你以为会发生的时间。

... or when you thought something would happen.

我同意。

I agree.

你也不知道是好是坏，对吧？

You don't know if it's good or not, right?

如果有人早到了，如果你已经准备好了，那可能挺好的。

If someone arrives early, that might be great if you are ready to go.

如果你需要那额外的二十分钟来准备，那他们早到就不太好了。

If you needed that extra 20 minutes to get ready, then it's not great if they arrive early.

所以这些词很中性。

So these are very neutral.

真的要看具体情况。

It really depends on the scenario.

比如说，暴风雨比预期结束得早，所以我们还是能享受这一天。

So for example, the rainstorm ended sooner than expected, so we were still able to enjoy the day.

对，那你平时看手机上的天气多不多？

So yeah, how much do you check the weather on your phone?

这就是我想问的问题。

That's the question I was trying to say.

哦，不常看。

Oh, not often.

对，但如果我们……

Yeah, but if we are-

哦，我想我们之前聊过这个，因为你提到过你在亚利桑那州。

Oh, I think we've talked about this because you said something about being in Arizona.

这里总是晴天，所以一下雨我们就很惊讶。

It's just always sunny here, so then it surprises us.

如果下雨了，就会觉得“哇，居然有天气变化”。

If ever it rains, it's like, "Oh, wow, weather."

总是让我们措手不及，对吧？

It always catches us off guard, right?

确实。

That's true.

但如果我们打算去漂流，或者做户外活动，那我有时会查一下天气。而且我觉得如果预报有雨，那雨要么比预期来得早，要么比预期来得晚。

But if we're going to float the river, we're doing something outside, then sometimes I will check, and I do feel like that happens if rain is forecast, then it's always either earlier than expected or later than expected.

对，而且每次我知道可能要下雨，我就会看逐小时的预报——

And yeah, whenever I know that rain might happen, I'll be checking the hourly forecast-

……因为这里天气变化无常。

... because here it's different all the time.

你永远猜不到。

You never know.

其实，我现在正往外看呢。

Actually, I'm just looking outside now.

天气预报说会下雨。

It's supposed to rain.

但我没看到雨。

I don't see any rain.

所以，但是——

So, but it's-

眼见为实。

Believe it when I see it.

天哪，最近我们去了开普梅度了个小周末。

Oh my gosh, just recently we took a little weekend trip to Cape May.

其实，我穿的这件衬衫就是——

Actually, I'm wearing a shirt from-

哦，我超喜欢开普梅。

Oh, I love Cape May.

我们去过那儿，当时我——

We went there when I-

哦，是吗？

Oh, do you?

……去了纽约。

... went to New York.

我也很喜欢开普梅。

I love Cape May.

是的。

Yes.

那太好了。

That's awesome.

那里真的很不错。

It's so nice.

真可爱。

So cute.

太可爱了。

It's so adorable.

所以，我们去了那里，可惜大部分时间都在下雨——

So, we were there, and unfortunately, it rained most-

几乎一直下。

The whole time

——大部分时间。

... of the time.

天气糟透了。

It was terrible weather.

然后——

And so-

我觉得我去开普梅的时候也下雨了。

I feel like it rained when I was in Cape May, too.

我们本来计划了好多事情——

We had all these-

真的吗？

Really?

结果那几天一直在下雨。

... plans, and then it was just raining the whole time.

真的吗？

Did you really?

是的。

Yes.

那是好几年前的事了，但我记得我们在那儿的时候，天天下雨。

That was years ago, but I remember it just being so rainy the whole time we were there.

真有意思。

Funny.

所以如果我看天气预报，然后雨比预期提前停了，那太好了。

So if I were looking at the forecast, and then the rain ended sooner than expected, okay, that's a great thing.

但如果雨比预期来得早，那就不太好了。

But if the rain started sooner than expected, that's not such a good thing.

那确实是坏事。

That's a bad thing.

没错。

Exactly.

那还有什么别的例子吗？

So, what's another example?

好的。

Okay.

或者比如在工作中，你可能会说：“我们知道裁员要来了，但确实比预期早了很多。”

Or for example, at work, you might say, "We knew the layoffs were coming, but they were definitely earlier than expected."

所以可能大家都以为还要六个月，结果两周后裁员就开始了。

So maybe everyone thinks they're going to happen in six months, and then two weeks later, layoffs are starting.

所以是的，这种事比预期早发生绝对是坏事。

So yeah, that would definitely be a bad thing for that to happen earlier than expected.

没错。

Exactly.

好的。

All right.

那“过早”这个词呢？

What about premature?

这个词通常更多是表示有问题，对吧？

This is more often problematic, right?

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Exactly.

事情发生得太早，总是不太理想。

It's not ideal, how early something happened.

而且，这可能会引发一些问题。

So, and it could potentially cause some sort of issue.

当然，对于婴儿来说，有这个词，像我这种情况，就是早产儿。

Of course, you have the word for a baby, for what I had, it was a premature baby.

所以，这不是当时预料到的，也不是当时计划好的。

So, not what was anticipated, not what was planned at that time.

所以通常来说，我觉得这个词不太好，因为可能意味着存在一些问题。

So typically, I would say that this is not a great word, because it may be because there were some sort of problems.

幸运的是，我女儿现在还好，希望一直这样。

Luckily, my daughter is doing okay, knock on wood.

但当你听到早产——

But when you hear premature-

我能问你——

And can I ask you-

……米歇尔，一个问题吗？

... Michelle, a question?

我听说过早产儿被叫做“preemies”。

I have heard premature babies referred to as preemies.

现在还在用这个词吗？

Is that still a thing?

我感觉最近都没怎么听到了。

I feel like I haven't heard it recently.

你听过这个词吗？

Have you heard that?

你会用这个词吗？

Do you use that?

还在用，是的，preemie。

It is still a thing, yeah, a preemie.

对，因为实际上你给早产儿买衣服的时候——

So yeah, because that's actually when you buy clothes for-

是的

Yes

——就会叫早产儿尺码。

... a baby who's premature, it would be called the preemie size.

哦。

Oh.

你问这个问题挺有意思的，听起来这词儿好像有点政治不正确似的，对吧？

And it's funny that you ask that question because it almost sounds like it should be kind of a politically incorrect word, doesn't it?

确实有点像。

It does sort of.

我还担心过呢。

I was worried.

我当时就想，"这话这么说合适吗？"

I'm like, "Is that okay to say that?

我也不知道。"

I don't know."

丹刚遇到这事儿的时候也跟我说过同样的话。

That's what Dan said to me, too, when it first happened.

他就问，"现在我们还叫早产儿（preemie）吗？"

It was like, "Do we still say preemie?"

看起来是没问题，但不知怎么的，感觉好像可能……

And seems that it's fine, but for some reason, it feels like it might...

我觉得没问题。

I'm fine with it.

我同意。

I agree.

我觉得这其实不算是个冒犯的词。

I don't think it actually is like a offensive word.

我本来以为你会说：“不，请不要叫我宝宝早产儿。”

I was very prepared for you to say, "No, please don't call my baby a preemie."

我当时就想：“好吧。

I was like, "Okay.

我也不知道。”

I don't know."

我也不知道。

I don't know.

我不知道。

I don't know.

我觉得不是。

I don't think so.

我也不知道为什么这个词让我觉得可能有问题，但我觉得你说得对。

I don't know what it is about the word that made me think maybe it was, but I think you're right.

不，但丹也说了同样的话，实际上这种衣服的尺码就叫早产儿尺码，所以很——

No, but Dan said the same thing, but the actual clothes are called the preemie size, so very-

那挺搞笑的。

That's pretty funny

……有意思。

... interesting.

但这个词确实听起来好像不太合适，不过其实没问题。

But there's something about the word that sounds like maybe this is not okay, but it's fine.

但我们也在其他场合用这个词，对吧？

But we do use this in other contexts, too, right?

当然。

Of course.

我们也会在其他场合用这个词，比如过早的判断，过早的决定。

We might say premature judgments, premature decisions.

就是那些还没考虑周全，或者事情还没准备好就发生的情况，对吧？

Something that hasn't been considered enough or happened before everyone was ready, right?

比如说，“我不想过早下判断，但我感觉我知道这事会怎么收场。”

So for example, "I don't want to make any premature judgments, but I feel like I know how this is going to end."

或者，“我知道你想办订婚派对，但他还没求婚呢，现在就开始计划太早了。”

Or, "I know you want to throw an engagement party, but it would be premature to start planning when he hasn't even proposed yet."

哦，这个例子真不错。

Oh, that's a really good example.

有时候你就是想规划好自己的一生。

Sometimes you want to plan your whole life.

你对做某件事感到兴奋。

You're excited to do something.

然后就会说，"好吧，这有点太早了。"

And be like, "Okay, this is a little premature."

意思是太早了——

Means it's too early-

……而且是负面的那种早。

... in a negative way.

没错。

Exactly.

所以这不只是说早产儿。

So this is not just about babies who arrive early.

这个词在很多不同的场合都会用到。

It's used in many different contexts.

我觉得我们之前在节目里聊过这个。

I think we've talked about this on the show before.

是的。

Yes.

操之过急，对吧？

Jumping the gun, right?

我们确实聊过。

We have.

做事情有点……对。

Doing something a little bit... Right.

所以，如果还没订婚就订婚礼请柬，可能就太早了，对吧？

So it might be premature to order the wedding invitations when they're not engaged, right?

没错。

Exactly.

是的。

Yes

好的。

All right.

我们来做个小……

Let's do a little-

我记得——

I remember-

哦，抱歉。

Oh, sorry.

你说，请继续。

Go ahead, yeah

……

...

我记得在丹求婚之前，我们都很兴奋，而且我知道你很快就订婚了——

I remember before Dan proposed, we were all excited, and that's the thing is, I know you got engaged very quickly-

是的

Yes

……在遇到科尔之后。

... after meeting Cole.

所以你的情况有点不同，但我记得等待被求婚的过程，我们甚至带丹去了一个婚礼场地，还说是为了别的事情。

So your situation was a little bit different, but I remember waiting to be proposed to, and we even took Dan to a wedding venue, and we said it was for something else.

而且感觉，可能有点——

And it was like, maybe it was a little-

就是为了让他进入婚礼的状态？

Just to get him in the mind frame of weddings?

对。

Yes.

那挺有意思的。

That's funny.

对，就是这样。

Yeah, exactly.

没错。

Exactly.

所以你可能提前做了一些计划，但——

And so you might have been making some premature plans, but-

是的

Yes

……你会说，"我觉得这事要成了，所以我已经准备好规划我们的未来了。"

... you're like, "I feel like it's going to happen, so I'm ready to plan our future."

对，就是这样。

Yes, exactly.

那好，我们要不要来做个角色扮演？

So all right, should we do a role play?

好，来吧。

Yeah, let's do it.

你和我就是朋友在叙旧。

You and I are friends catching up here.

你想先开始吗？

Do you want to start us?

开始吧。

Here we go.

好的。

All right.

好消息，承包商打电话来了。

Good news, the contractor called.

我的厨房翻新提前完成了。

My kitchen renovation is ahead of schedule.

真的吗？

Really?

我还以为下个月才能完工呢。

I thought it would be finished next month.

我也是这么想的。

Me too.

他们说我们可以提前一周搬回去。

They said we'll be able to move back a week early.

说到惊喜，我的工作奖金也比预期来得早。

Speaking of surprises, my bonus from work came sooner than expected.

天哪，恭喜你。

Oh my gosh, congratulations.

谢谢。

Thank you.

你拿到你的了吗？

Did you get yours yet?

我们应该出去庆祝一下。

We should go out and celebrate.

呃，我觉得庆祝还太早了吧。

Eh, celebration would be premature I think.

我刚听说我们可能很快要面临预算削减。

I just found out we may be dealing with budget cuts soon.

哦，不会吧。

Oh, no.

好吧。

Okay.

哦，这真是太好了。

Oh, this is great.

我们在这里把所有这些都用上了，你可以看到在同一段对话里用上所有这些并不奇怪——

We used all of them here, and you can see how it wasn't strange to use all of these in the same conversation-

对

No

……因为它们的意思只是稍微有点不同，而且它们的含义也略有差别。

... because they mean just a little bit different, and they have a little different connotation.

所以首先我说：“好消息，我的厨房翻新比计划提前了。”

So first I said, "Good news, my kitchen renovation is ahead of schedule."

所以这是一件积极的事情。

So this is a positive thing.

我们讨论过，这通常意味着事情计划得好，进展顺利。

We talked about how this is generally something was planned well, something went well.

这通常是积极的。

It's generally positive.

嗯，而且这跟预期的日期有关，对吧？

Mm-hmm, and it's about expected dates, right?

是的。

Yes.

你的承包商告诉过你某件事会在某个日期前完成，如果他们提前完成了，那就是提前于计划。

Your contractor had told you something would be done by a certain date, and if they get it done before that, they're running ahead of schedule.

是的。

Yes.

然后我说：“我的工作奖金比预期来得早。”

And then I said, "My bonus from work came sooner than expected."

这让我想起《圣诞假期》，整部电影——

This reminds me of Christmas Vacation, where the whole movie-

是的。

Yes.

——他一直在等他的圣诞奖金，对吧？

... he's waiting for his Christmas bonus, right?

哦。

Oh.

但是，如果提前到，那确实让人兴奋；如果晚到，那真的让人紧张。

But this, it's exciting when they come sooner than expected, and really nerve-wracking if they come later than expected.

没错。

Exactly.

然后我说：“恭喜。”

And then I said, "Congratulations."

你问我有没有收到。

You asked if I got mine yet.

我们应该出去庆祝一下。

We should go out and celebrate.

我说：“呃，庆祝还太早。”

And I said, "Eh, celebration would be premature.

我刚知道我们可能很快要面临预算削减。”

I just found out we may be dealing with budget cuts soon."

所以，对，说庆祝太早，那会有点问题，就像我们还没准备好那样。

So, right, so saying it was premature, that would be kind of problematic, like we're not ready to do that.

那就像我们说的，有点操之过急了。

That would be jumping the gun, as we've talked about.

没错。

Exactly.

所以你在这里可能是在暗示，你担心自己会被裁员。

So you might be implying here that you're worried you'll get laid off.

如果有预算削减导致一些人被解雇，你会想：“我可不想庆祝完才发现这种事，”对吧？

If there are budget cuts that are going to make some people get fired, you're like, "I don't want to be celebrating and then find out something like that," right?

对，就是这样。

Yep, exactly.

好吧，今天聊得挺开心的。

Well, this was fun.

很高兴我们讨论了这些。

I'm glad we went over this.

还有，各位，你们应该去看看第2690集，最近的一集，叫《用这些英语习语笑到最后》。

And guys, you should check out episode 2690, a recent episode, that was Have the Last Laugh with These English Idioms.