In this lesson you will learn how to use the idiom 'to call it a day' in your conversations.

在本課程中，你將學到如何在談話中使用call it a day

The idiom ‘calling it a day' means to stop working on something for the rest of that day, whether or not it is completed.

俚語calling it a day的意思，是不管事情有沒有完成，今天就到此為止吧

That's correct. It means to quit an activity for the rest of the day or for the present time and continue it the next day.

沒錯，這俚語的意思是現在就收工了，明天再繼續吧

I'm tired. Let's call it a day.

好累！我們收工吧

Are you kidding? You just got here.

開什麼玩笑？你才剛來而已

Yes, I'm kidding. I was just giving you an example. Let me give you another one: Larry was working late last night, I told him to call it a day and go home.

我為了舉例開了個玩笑。再給你說一個例子：Larry昨天工作到很晚，我要他收工回家

Wow! That's surprising, Larry really worked late?

哇，天啊，Larry真的工作到很晚？

Nope, just another example.

不，只是另一個例子而已

Yeah, I didn't think Larry would do that. He's usually the one to call it a day at noon!

是啊，我想Larry不會那樣做，他通常一到中午就收工了

One more thing. ''Calling it a day''also means to stop some activity altogether.

加碼放送：call it a day也可以用來表示完全停止某些活動或行為

For example: The fossil fuels will be all exhausted in the future, and the oil industry will have to call it a day.

比如說：石化燃料不久將會消耗殆盡，石油工業不得不停工

Good example! However teasing Larry like that is not good, we better call it a day.

好例子，但這樣揶揄Larry總是不太好，我們最好就此罷手

I know that Martha. In fact, Larry is really competent. He usually complete his work by noon.

我知道，Martha，是實上Larry很能幹，他通常中午之前就完工了

I noticed that too!

我也注意到了

Alright. Let's listen to some conversations now.

好，我們來聽一段對話

Larry, what are you doing? You just shut down your computer.

Larry，你在做什麼？你把電腦給關了

I'm calling it a day. I'm off to the beach for a family outing!

我收工了，我要和家人到海邊休假

It's 2 O‘clock Larry. What about the program codes?

Larry現在才兩點！程式碼呢？

Don't worry, I've already updated them. Why don't you take a look?

別擔心，我已經更新了，何不去看看？

Okay, everything looks fine.

好，看起來似乎很不錯

I've also designed the widget you told me about; it's in your mail.

我已經把你要的小器具設計好了，就在你的信箱裏

Oh thank you so much! I think I can call it a day soon too!

感激不盡，我想我也可以收工了

Tina, is that you? Still here at 9pm?

是你嗎Tina？都9點了還在啊？

Oh Martha! I can't get my algorithms done.

唉呀Martha，我搞不定這些演算法

Sometimes it's best to put them away, and start fresh later.

有時候最好把事情擱著，晚一點再重新來過

Yeah, I think I'll just work one more hour.

是囉，我打算就多作一小時

No, it's very late, already! Let's call it a day Tina.

不行，夜深了，收工吧

Yeah, my brain is not working now. I think it's time to call it a day.

我的腦袋罷工了，我想該是收工的時候了

Our team is behind by 8 runs.

我們隊伍落後8分

Yeah, and only 1 inning is left in the game.

而且比賽只剩最後一局

Looks like they might as well call it a day.

看起來他們還是收工好了

I hate to admit it, but our team doesn't stand a chance in this game.

我實在很不願意承認，但我們隊實在毫無勝算

Yep. Let's call it a day too, and head home.

是的，收工，回家

I'm tired. Let's call it a day.

好累啊，收工了

I told him to call it a day and go home.

我要他收工回家

He's usually the one to call it a day at noon!

他通常一到中午就收工了

I'm calling it a day.

今天就到此為止吧

I think I can call it a day soon, too!

我也不想再做任何事了

I think it's time to call it a day.

該是收工的時候了

Let's call it a day and go home.

今天就到此為止，我們回家吧