Let's play it by ear 看情况吧

Larry和李华在商量下星期三有没有时间去听爵士音乐。

LH: Larry, 我看到一张爵士音乐会的海报。我很想去。怎么样，你下星期三有没有空去听呢？

LL: I don't know. I have several papers due next week and I'm not sure if I'll have time. Let's play it by ear, okay?

LH: 哇，你下星期得交好几份报告啊？那肯定没有空了。哎，你刚才说： Let's play it by ear。你想玩什么啊？玩耳朵？

LL: No! "To play something by ear" is to wait and see if something is possible and to be flexible rather than set any firm plans.

LH: 噢，play something by ear就是想做一件事，可是又不能确定是否可能，只好到时候看情况再说，就像中文里说的“看情况而定”！

LL: Right. I just can't make any definite plans right now, so I prefer to play it by ear.

LH: 所以你刚才的意思是，你要再等等看能不能及时写完报告，然后才能确定能不能去音乐会！ 对了，你不是答应我下星期六去博物馆吗？你还能去吗？

LL: Oh, I forgot that I promised to go with you. Can we play that by ear, too?

LH: 你怎么把答应我的事都给忘了！我特别想去那个博物馆！你不能去也得早告诉我吗！

LL: Just because I want to play it by ear doesn't mean that we definitely won't go. It just means that I'm not certain.更多信息请访问：http://www.engbus.cn/

LH: Larry，下回你要约我上那儿去，我也学你说：Let's play it by ear, 到时候再说！

LL: That's not fair, Li Hua. It's not my fault that I can't make any definite plans because I have so much work to do.

LH: 好啦，说真的，这也不是你的错。那我们也只好看情况再说了！

LL: All right, I'll call you the day before the concert to let you know if we should get tickets, okay?

LH：到音乐会前一天再告诉我，那还买得到票呀！ Let's play it by ear!