美國習慣用語keep one's eye on the ball詳解

人們把眼睛稱為"靈魂的窗戶"、"世界的窗戶"以及"心靈的窗戶"等等。怪不得eye這么一個只有三個字母組成的字出現在那末多的美國成語和俗語里。

"We were playing Chicago there and the crowd was yelling and booing and waving handkerchiefs to distract us. But I kept my eye on the ball, swung as hard as I could and hit a home run. That Chicago crowd sure quieted down as I jogged around the bases."

這位壘球手說："我們那時正在芝加哥和當地一個球隊比賽，看球的人群又喊又嚷，還揮動手絹想分散我們的注意力。可是，我集中精力，使出所有的勁兒來打球，結果打了一個本壘打。這下，當我沿著壘跑的時候，芝加哥的觀眾就變得很安靜了。"

"Tom, your sales record is way down the past six months. You've only sold 17 cars all this time. You'd better start keeping your eye on the ball, or you'll find yourself looking for another job."

這位老板說："湯姆，你的銷售量在過去半年中一直很低。你在這段時間里一共才賣了十七輛汽車。你還是集中注意力地工作，不然，你恐怕得另找工作了。"

"Of course, John and I have had a few problems, just like most married couples. But I always felt we had a good, solid marriage. So it was a terrible eye-opener when I opened the letter he'd left on the kitchen table and found out he'd run off with his old college sweetheart."

Eye-opener的另一意思是：開闊了眼界。請聽下面這個例子：

"Seeing those color films the astronauts took off the earth on their flight to the moon was certainly an eye-opener. I never realized how beautiful and how lonely our planet looks hanging there in space."

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