【句子】It’s healthy to get things out in the open.

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【发音技巧】get things不完全爆破；things out连读；the open

the重读；

【翻译】不藏藏掖掖的，打开天窗说亮话，对大家都好。

今天我们学的英文短语，叫做in the open;

这个短语本来字面意思是：

“露天的；在户外的”；

outdoors 这个意思；

eg: Children need to play out in the open.

孩子们需要在户外玩耍。

eg: John's bike was stolen because he left it out in the open.

John的自行车被偷了，因为他之前把车子放在户外了。

今天视频中这个短语的用法，稍微不一样一些。

in the open

其实也可以理解成not hidden; 或者

revealed or uncovered for others to know, see, experience, etc.

“暴露、公之于众；让大家都看到、知道”；

eg: Back in my hometown, you could leave your car unlocked and in the open all night long. In the big city, it would be robbed within an hour.

在我的家乡，你可以一整晚不锁车，放在户外。但是放在大城市，它一个小时之内就会被偷走。

eg: Government officials do not want these comments in the open.

政府官员不想让这些言论公之于众。

eg: We all knew their marriage was failing, but it wasn't until their kids left for college that they brought that fact out in the open.

我们都知道他们要离婚了，但是直到他们孩子去上大学了，他们才把分开的消息公之于众。

eg: Our agency will not rest until the truth is in the open!

除非真相大白，否则我们机构是不会善罢甘休的！

A: "Now that everything is out in the open, do you think Jenny will be able to forgive me?"

B: "Unfortunately, only time will tell."

A：“现在一切都真相大白/摆在明面上了。你觉得Jenny能原谅我吗？”

B：“不走运，只有时间才能告诉你答案了。”

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The names of the students who voted against the teacher are now in the open.

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