Tina觉得找对象不容易，终身大事却只能“无为而治”，Tony的体会是还是要有计划，有了计划才会有变化。
Tina: You know finding the right person to marry is a tricky thing. For such a serious matter, you have to play it by ear.
Tony: Well, I had a plan. I met this girl. I knew I was going to spend the rest of my life with her the moment I laid my eyes on her. And we are now happily married.
Tina: You are so lucky! Some people have a plan just like you, but it goes up in smoke.
Tony: Perhaps they need a better plan.
Tina: Or perhaps they haven’t met the right person yet.
Tony: It seems you have to have a plan and some luck at the same time.
中文翻译
蒂娜：要知道找对一个结婚人选可麻烦着呢。对于此等大事，你不得不随缘了。
托尼：哦，我倒是有过计划的。我遇见了这个女孩，当我第一次看到她时，我就知道我会和她共度余生。现在我们快乐地结婚了。
蒂娜：你真幸运！有些人也有过你这样的计划，只不过最终化为泡影罢了。
托尼：或许他们得有个更好的计划。
蒂娜：又或许他们还没有碰对人吧。
托尼：看来在有一个好计划的同时还得有好运气。
必备字词
tricky 狡猾的，难以应付的（口语）
You have a tricky recipe.
你的做菜方法技巧很高的。
play it by ear 视情况而定，走一步看一步
I don’t if our plans will work. Let’s simply play it by ear.
我不知道我们的计划是否管用，我们还是走一步看一步吧。
go up in smoke 化为泡影
My vacation plans went up in smoke when there was a crisis in the company.
公司里出了问题，我的旅行计划泡汤了。
每日一句
The plan goes up in smoke.
这个计划化为泡影。
A: Are we still going on the business trip to New York next week?
B: I’m afraid it just went up in smoke as we didn’t secure the grant.
A: 我们下周还去纽约出差吗？
B: 恐怕已经泡汤了，因为我们没有得到批准。
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