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你是否看过杂技表演 “转盘子”？表演者需要同时转动多个盘子 “have a lot of plates spinning”，而且要确保盘子不掉下来。听本期节目，学习在日常生活中用这个表达来形容 “一个人需要兼顾多项工作”。

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（关于台词的备注: 请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做出的改变。）

Feifei
欢迎收听 BBC英语教学的 “地道英语” 节目。大家好，我是冯菲菲。

Roy
And me, Roy. Rob sounds very stressed today. I think he’s worried about his magic trick!

Feifei
What magic trick? I know he has a lot of work on this week.

Roy
When I spoke to him on the phone, he said that he had a lot of plates spinning.

Feifei
他这是在说他有很多事情要同时做。大家可能都看过杂技表演中的 “转盘子”，表演者需要同时转动多个盘子，一个都不能停，同时一个盘子也不能掉下来。那么，表达 “have a lot of plates spinning” 就借用这个杂技来形容 “某人要同时兼顾很多不同的事情，不能只专注一件事，而且要保证所有事情都运作顺畅，都不能搞砸”。

Roy
Ah… So, he was talking about work? Now I understand why he put the phone down when I started telling him about how many times I’d tried to find rabbits in my hats!

Feifei
Right. Let’s listen to these examples.

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As a single parent, I always have a lot of things to do at the same time. I always have a lot of plates spinning.

He’s always busy. He’s got so many hobbies and activities, and that’s not including work. He has a lot of plates spinning.

She decided to quit her job due to the heavy workload. She always complained that she had a lot of plates spinning.

Feifei
你正在收听的是 BBC英语教学的 “地道英语” 节目。以上，我们给大家介绍了如何使用 “have a lot of plates spinning” 来描述 “某人要像转盘子杂技一样，同时兼顾多项工作”。

Roy
Yes, I’ve also heard the expression used as ‘a lot of balls in the air’. You look quite busy today!

Feifei
I’m always busy Roy! I have so much work and I have a lot of balls in the air at the moment.

Roy
Maybe I can help you!

Feifei
Brilliant idea! In fact, I’ve already created you a list of things to do so I can focus on one task – the most important one!

Roy
Wow! There are so many things on this list! Now I have a lot of plates spinning. What task are you focussing on that’s so important?

Feifei
My birthday party! Someone needs to arrange that!

Roy
You can’t be serious!

Feifei
Of course I am! I wouldn’t ask you to do that as well. Bye.

Roy
Bye.