一分钟英语：Pick up the slack

English in a Minute – Pick up the slack 收拾烂摊子 接手某人的工作

Welcome to English in a Minute!

欢迎来到《一分钟英语》.

"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”指的是绳子不紧、松掉的那部分。但为什么有人需要 pick up the slack 呢?

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

好了，我们有多少新程序的脚本?

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

让我看看。我数到了......两个!

Two? But Martha promised she would write ten.

两个? 玛莎答应过要写十个的。

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

哦，好吧，我们得收拾残局了，因为她只写了两个。

Martha!

玛莎!

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

To pick up the slack 的意思是做一些别人应该做但没有做的事情。

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.

如果你曾经在一个团队或办公室工作过，你就会知道，一个人不做好自己的那部分工作，会对其他人产生不好的影响。

And that's English in a Minute!

以上就是今天的《一分钟英语》。