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Eric:Let's get a move on or we'll be late—again!
埃里克：快点走吧，不然又要迟到了！
Carmen:Hold your horses. I'm on the verge of being ready. Rome wasn't built in a day, you know.
卡门：别着急f_HI~kgbpjx。我就要准备好了0J9fgGWBqWpwO&k0O-。要知道，罗马不是一天建成的Zz;jdE~1vYp*y^U。
Eric:A day? I'd settle for a week. Why is it that every time we have someplace to be you're always running late?
埃里克：一天？一个星期我就满足了G|lUs9G-4dvM|^fcSK0。为什么每次我们约好去一个地方，你总是要急匆匆赶过去呢？
Carmen:That's because I march to the beat of a different drummer. Life isn't about watching the clock; it's about living in the moment.
卡门：那是因为我从不照章办事q_v-@|7|VyQY]C。生活不应该总是在赶时间，我们应该活在当下clgdQQr&bH#。
Eric:Okay, at this very moment, we're late.
埃里克：好吧，此时此刻我们迟到了cI&(Unye9qsS。
Carmen:Just give me a couple of minutes more and I'll be ready. After all, none of our friends expect us to be punctual anymore. They all know better.
卡门：再给我两分钟，我就准备好了q6eQ#E5yL@xyBDl[。毕竟，没有一个朋友觉得我们会迟到;.%VGR2F-Mu。现在他们知道了p0|bBDmv&,5#Iw3B。
Eric:Yeah, and I should, too. From now on, I'll start getting ready when you say you're all set. Then I'll just have minutes to wait—not hours!
埃里克：好了，我也应该这样S99p+ia]*O。从现在起，你准备好了的时候我才开始准备-Ex_muve#c0DnU-M。这样我就只需等几分钟，而不是几个小时！

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俚语解说

Idioms:
march to a different drummer
Meaning:to believe in a different set of principles; to behave in a different way or to believe in different things from the people around you.
按不同的方式行事；不照章办事W3iD-rbn~kAqT.kxc。

Usage tips:
这个短语源于2004年5月梅雷迪恩音乐出版公司为著名鼓手Dominick Cuccia出版的鼓独奏音乐书籍，书名为The Beat of a Different DrummercXoLL(eyIW)f#5q~3。

Example:
1. John is marching to a different drummer, and he doesn't associate with us anymore.

2. While most of the country supported military action, Santini was marching to a different drummer.

Quiz:Translate the following sentence into English.
我们中的大多数人都按自己的独特方式行事)z=-ZI|cp_y[。