美国流行文化从A到Z——Idioms with letters two
<p>很多人在书写英文时都连笔习惯了，为了流畅，他们往往等一个单词都写完了，再回头去给某些字母加上因为连笔无法写的笔画，比如<span word="tremendous">tremendous</span>他们往往会先写成<span word="lremendous">lremendous</span>，然后再补上一横，将其变成完整的<span word="tremendous">tremendous</span>。</p><p>这样的做法原则上没有问题，但难免会出现遗漏的情况，尤其是那些喜欢写完一整句话才去补笔划的人。而最容易造成其他 人误解的就是<span word="t">t</span>和<span word="i">i</span>的笔划漏加。<span word="t">t</span>如果不补上一横，<span word="i">i</span>不补上一点，都很容易被误认为是<span word="l">l</span>。试想，你原本想表达<span word="tighten">tighten</span>(紧缩)，别人却理解成<span word="lighten">lighten</span>(放松)，岂不糟糕?两者几乎是完全相反的意思。</p><p><span word="dot">dot</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="i">i</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cross">cross</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="t">t</span>'<span word="s">s</span>就是针对这种现象诞生的短语。它的字面意思是“(记得)把你所有的字母<span word="i">i</span>都加上点，字母<span word="t">t</span>都加上横”。在这个基础上，它引申出“对细节一丝不苟、确认所有环节都没问题”的意思。</p><p>举例如下：<span word="Thisproject">Thisproject</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> 50 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="grade">grade</span>,<span word="you">you</span>'<span word="d">d</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="don">don</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="youri">youri</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cross">cross</span> <span word="yourt">yourt</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="class">class</span>.<span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="mess">mess</span> <span word="iI">iI</span> <span word="up">up</span>,<span word="there">there</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="chance">chance</span>.(这个项目会占总成绩的一半。你上台向全班同学展示之前，最好先检查下各个细节，确认一切都没问题。如果 ,可没有第二次机会了。)</p><p>当然，<span word="your">your</span>也可以用其他的<span word="one">one</span>，<span word="s">s</span>来代替，但因为<span word="dotone">dotone</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="i">i</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cross">cross</span> <span word="one">one</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="t">t</span>'<span word="s">s</span>有太多撇(’)，看起来比较混乱，所以这里的<span word="one">one</span>'<span word="s">s</span>通常用<span word="your">your</span>来做代表。这并不意味着该短语只能用在“你”或“你们”身上。</p>
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