一分鐘英語：Pick up the slack

English in a Minute – Pick up the slack 收拾爛攤子 接手某人的工作

Welcome to English in a Minute!

歡迎來到《一分鐘英語》.

"Slack" describes the part of a rope that's not tight and hangs loosely. But why would someone need to pick up the slack?

“Slack”指的是繩子不緊、松掉的那部分。但為什么有人需要 pick up the slack 呢?

Okay, how many scripts do we have for the new program?

好了，我們有多少新程序的腳本?

Let's see.I count...two!

讓我看看。我數到了......兩個!

Two? But Martha promised she would write ten.

兩個? 瑪莎答應過要寫十個的。

Oh,well ,we're going to have to pick up the slack because she's only written two.

哦，好吧，我們得收拾殘局了，因為她只寫了兩個。

Martha!

瑪莎!

To pick up the slack means to do something that someone else should be doing but isn't.

To pick up the slack 的意思是做一些別人應該做但沒有做的事情。

If you have ever been on a team or worked in an office, you know that one person ont doing their part can have a bad effect on others.

如果你曾經在一個團隊或辦公室工作過，你就會知道，一個人不做好自己的那部分工作，會對其他人產生不好的影響。

And that's English in a Minute!

以上就是今天的《一分鐘英語》。