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Welcome to English in a Minute!
欢迎来到《一分钟英语》栏目！
This expression sounds as if we are flying in the sky...
这个表达听起来像我们在天上飞。
UP IN THE AIR
悬而未决
But does this actually mean we are floating above the ground?
但是这真的意味着我们飘浮在地面之上吗？
So, your cousin is graduating from high school this year.
所以你的表妹今年要从高中毕业了。
Has she decided on a college?
她决定去哪所大学了么？
She hasn’t decided on anything yet.
她还没做好决定。
All her college plans are up in the air.
她的所有大学计划还没确定下来。
She doesn’t even know what she wants to study!
她甚至都不知道想学什么专业呢！
She had better get on it!
她应该快点开始了！
If something is up in the air it is undecided and uncertain.
如果某事飘浮在天空就意味着未决定或者是不确定。
If an object is floating through the air, it is hard to know where it is going, which is where this expression comes from.
如果某物飘浮在天空之上，很难知道它要飘向何处。这就是这个表达的由来。
In the past, people just said in the air.
在过去，人们只用in the air这种表达。
But in the mid-1900s, we added “up,“ making it up in the air.
但到了20世纪中期，人们加上了“up”这个词，从而变成了up in the air。
And that’s English in a Minute!
以上就是今天的《一分钟英语》栏目！
