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本期我们看get cold feet。

A说你准备好今天晚上的大型演出了吗？你一直在练歌对吗？ B说，我是认真的，我要在数百人面前独唱！我认为我简直做不到！

A: Are you ready for the big show tonight? Have you been practising your singing?

B: I'm really nervous! I have to sing all on my own in front of hundreds of people! I don't think I can do it.

A安慰说，你必须做到！你已经准备的很努力了。你现在不能get cold feet。 B说，是啊，你说的对！我必须试着更加自信才是。

A: You have to do it! You've prepared really hard. You can't get cold feet now!

B: No, you're right! I must try to be more confident.

When people have to do something very important, they sometimes become very nervous. If you feel really nervous, you might even think about not doing that important thing at all. In those situations, we say that you get cold feet. Some people feel nervous and unsure like this when they are considering changing their job or moving house. Sometimes, people even get cold feet on their wedding day!

The expression might originate from the army, when soldiers would use their frozen feet as a reason not to go into battle.

我们要上台演讲但却怯场了，这时候你可以用“get cold feet”来形容当时紧张的心情。人们会“get cold feet”的场合还有很多，比如换工作、搬家、甚至是婚礼上。凡是重要的场合，人们都有可能会产生退缩的畏惧心理，就会“get cold feet”。有人说这个表达起源于士兵因为手脚冰凉作为理由而不上战场。这倒是个挺蹩脚但又挺管用的借口。

So, do you ever get cold feet when you need to do a presentation in class? 

If you get cold feet, this means that:

a) you feel very brave about doing something

b) you feel  too cold to do something

c) you feel too nervous to do something

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