Call It A Day/今天到此为止

Welcome to English in a Minute, where we teach you all about idioms in American English. / 欢迎收听《一分钟英语》，在这里我们将教您一些美式英语中的俚语。

Let's say you have worked all day, and you are really tired, like these people: / 假设你工作一整天了，你真的很累，就像这些人一样:

A: I am exhausted. I have been working at this since 7:00 a.m. this morning. / 我累坏了。我从今天早上7点就一直在这里工作。

B: Me, too. I think it's time we call it a day. A: I agree. Let's go home. / B：我也是。我想今天到此为止吧。A：我同意，回家吧。

Call it a day! When you "call it a day" in American English, it means you are ending work, play, or something you are doing that day. / 今天到此为止吧! 当你在美式英语中说“call it a day”时，意思是你要结束当天的工作、娱乐或正在做的事情。

Often, it means you have finished your work, and you are going home. / 通常，这意味着你已经完成了工作，要回家了。

You can use this phrase in any situation, and everybody in America will understand you. / 你可以在任何情况下使用这个短语，在美国每个人都会理解你。

And that's English in a Minute. So I'm calling it a day and going home. / 以上就是本期的《一分钟英语》。所以今天就到此为止，我要回家了。

本文节选自《English in a Minute》，VOA的一个教学栏目，用一分钟的时间介绍一个美式俚语，语速适中，标准美语。