原 文

Right, I’m not going to spin this out. I just have one thing to say. You only have two weeks now till the exams start and you’re going to have to pull your socks up  if you want to pass. We’re going to set aside the next fortnight just for revision. In other words, we’re going to free up some time by cancelling all non-exam lessons like sport. All school sports matches will be held over until the exams are finished. We felt that would be better than trying to fit revision in around sport commitments. The sports staff agree that putting back these matches won’t cause any major problems, but we mustn’t set schedules back by more than two weeks or we won’t be able to fit in all the matches before the end of term. So now, put everything else out of your minds and concentrate on your revision. No more frittering time away – get down to some serious work.

注 释

Right, I’m not going to spin this out . I just have one thing to say.
我不打算拖延时间，有一件事我必须要说。

spin sth out

把…延长；尽可能拖长

Can we spin our holiday out for a few more days?

我们能把假期延长几天吗？

Somehow, she managed to spin her story out so that it took her the whole train journey to tell it.

她想办法把故事拉长，这样她在火车上的时间都花在讲故事上了。

You only have two weeks now till the exams start and you’re going to have to pull your socks up if you want to pass.
现在距离考试只剩两周了，如果你想通过考试，就必须要加把劲儿了。

pull your socks up

加把劲儿，加油干

He's going to have to pull his socks up if he wants to stay in the team.

如果他还想呆在队里的话就得努力加以改进。

We’re going to set aside the next fortnight(两个星期) just for revision. In other words, we’re going to free up some time by cancelling all non-exam lessons like sport.
我们将留出接下来两周的时间进行复习。也就是说，我们将取消像体育这种与考试无关的课程来空出一些时间。

set sth aside

拨出，留出（金钱或时间）

He had some money in an account that he'd set aside for his kids.

他为孩子们存了一笔钱。

I set aside half an hour every evening to hear Erik read.

我每天晚上都留出半个小时听埃里克朗读。

free up

空出来

But in my experience, using such methods to free up the odd 30 minutes doesn't work.

但在我看来，使用这些方法来腾出个30分钟左右的阅读时间是不管用的。

All school sports matches will be held over until the exams are finished. We felt that would be better than trying to fit revision in around sport commitments.
学校所有的体育比赛将全部延期至考试结束。我们认为这样会比在体育活动之间找时间复习更好。

hold sth over

拖延…

The nomination was held over until the Senate adjourned.

提名一直被拖延到了参议院休会。

fit sb/sth in

找时间做（或处理）；安排时间见（某人）

Dr Jones is very busy but I'm sure she'll be able to fit you in tomorrow.

琼斯医生很忙，但是我肯定她明天能安排时间见您。

The sports staff agree that putting back these matches won’t cause any major problems, but we mustn’t set schedules back by more than two weeks or we won’t be able to fit in all the matches before the end of term.
体育老师同意延迟这些比赛将不会带来太大问题，但是我们不能延迟两周以上的时间，否则我们将无法在学期结束之间安排下所有的比赛。

put back

将…延期，推迟

We had to put the meeting back a week.

我们不得不将会议推迟一周。

set sth/sb back

耽误；推迟

The opening of the new swimming pool has been set back by a few weeks.

新游泳池开业推迟了几个星期。

A war would inevitably set back the process of reform.

战争无疑会耽误改革的进程。

So now, put everything else out of your minds and concentrate on your revision. No more frittering time away – get down to some serious work.
所以现在，把所有比赛的事先忘掉，专心复习。不能再浪费时间了，开始认真复习。

fritter sth away

挥霍，浪费（金钱、时间或机会）

If I've got money in my pocket, I tend to fritter it away.

如果口袋里有点钱，我往往就挥霍一空。

She fritters so much money away on expensive make-up.

她大把大把地花钱购买昂贵化妆品。

这句话中还有两个动词短语，虽然不是表示时间，但也非常有用。

put sth out of your mind

把…忘掉，把…置诸脑后

It's over, put it out of your mind.

一切都结束了，把它忘掉吧。

get down to

开始认真对待；开始认真注意；开始努力做

I've got a lot of work to do, but I can't seem to get down to it.

我有好多工作要做，可我好像就是没法安下心来去做。

I must get down to booking the hotels.

我得开始预订我们的旅馆了。