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播客原文
Cora: What's up with Rob? He hasn't been himself lately.
科拉：罗伯怎么了？他最近老是恍恍惚惚的。
Doug: You've noticed, too, huh?
道格：你也注意到了吗，嗯？
Cora: Yeah, he's been missing work and letting things slip through the cracks. I've been cutting him some slack and filling in for him, but things haven't improved.
科拉：是的，他耽误了工作，听任事情朝糟糕的方向发展。这次我先放他一马，帮他摆平。但是事情并没有好转。
Doug: I know what you mean. I'd never known Rob to drop the ball on anything until recently. I heard a rumor that he's having financial problems.
道格：我知道你的意思。直到最近我才知道罗伯把一切都搞砸了。有流言说他遇到财政问题。
Cora: No, not Rob! He has more clients than anyone around here.
科拉：不，不是罗伯！他的客户比在座的都要多。
Doug: Well, he's been off his game for a while now, so some of those accounts might have gone up in smoke.
道格：好吧，现在他的工作状态不佳，那么其中的一些收益就化为乌有了。
Cora: Are you going to have a talk with him? Maybe you could help.
科拉：你要找他谈话吗？也许你能帮帮他。
Doug: Me? Why me?
道格：我，怎么会是我呢？
Cora: I thought you two were pretty tight.
科拉：我觉得你们俩关系很紧密。
Doug: We're friendly at work, but we're not really friends. The last thing I want to do is to snoop around in his business.
道格：我们只是工作上的朋友，但不是真正意义上的朋友。我最不愿意做的事情就是打探他的生意。
Cora: But maybe he's just waiting for a shoulder to cry on. You might be just the person to get him to bare his soul.
科拉：但也许他正需要一个可以依靠的肩膀。你也许就是那个可以让他敞开心扉的人。
Doug: Spoken just like a woman! You all think we men are waiting to bare our souls and to let our emotions out. Just leave Rob alone to solve his own problems.
道格：你们女人就是喜欢婆婆妈妈！不要都觉得我们男人需要敞开心扉，让情绪发泄出来。让罗伯独自待着，自己解决问题吧。
Cora: Spoken just like a cold-hearted man!
科拉：真是个冷血的男人！
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俚语解说
今天要学的习语是：drop the ball。 Drop the ball从字面看是说把已经拿在手里的球掉了。这个短语显然来自体育活动。在打球的时候如果谁失手掉了手上的球，可是个严重的失误。比方说棒球赛的接球员要是让球掉在地上，就会产生不利于本队的比分，而这倒霉的接球员也有了个严重的失球记录。大约在上个世纪的五十年代drop the ball开始成为广泛应用在日常生活各方面的俚语。那么当drop the ball不局限于球场的时候，它用来指人的什么行为呢？
Idiom：drop the ball
Meaning:to make a mistake, especially by doing something in a stupid or careless way；to fail to keep working to reach a goal
犯错误；搞砸；失职
Example:
We were sure we'd get the big contract with this customer to build a new factory but Lee dropped the ball.
我们原以为必然会从这个主顾手上接下建造新厂的那份大工程合同，但是李却在作预算的时候犯了错误。
