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欢迎来到《英语一分钟》栏目！

Biting your nails is a bad habit.

咬指甲是一个不好的习惯Q!giLUy%7y2A[ij1u6e8。

But can you figure outwhat this expression means?

但是你能想象出下面这个表达是什么意思吗？

NAIL BITER

让人紧张的事

I am so excitedto watch the soccer game tonight!

我太激动了，今晚可以观看足球比赛！

I know! Both teams are really good.

可不是嘛 两支球队都很棒CWk078O_%IIMY~dzf,F。

I think it will be a real nail-biter!

简直太令人紧张了

It’s prabably going to come downto the final minutes.

这场球赛可能会持续下去，直到最后一分钟才会结束.|EhfELkST9bvskB。

A nail-biteris something that causes stressor make you feel nervous.

nail-biter（咬手指甲的人）是指给人压力的事情或者使人感到紧张)tkx_&cS1L*,8B。

Many people who are nervousdo actually bite their nails,which is where this expression comes from.

许多处于紧张状态的人，实际上都会咬指甲，这就是这个表达的来源5|ekAZF0zNl%|FlvuPQ@。

In our example,Jonathan guessed that the soccer gamewould be a nail-biter,

在我们的例子中，乔纳森猜测这场足球比赛会使人紧张不已，

and that no one would know who would winuntil the final moments of the game.

没有人知道哪支球队会获胜，直到最后一秒才能知道结局C-gCG5ANGySCM_+。

And that’s English in a Minute!

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