And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.The English language has several expressions that describe things that happen very fast.Today we will talk about several.Some involve body parts.And some involve acts of nature.Let's start with our bodies.There are some things we humans we do very quickly--namely our blinking eyes and beating hearts.Those bodily actions happen incredibly fast.So, we use "in the blink of an eye" and "in a heartbeat" to describe things that happen in no time at all.Here are some examples:She accepted the new job in a heartbeat.She didn't need to think about it at all.When he hit the lottery, all his money problems disappeared in the blink of an eye.Now, some may say that "blink of an eye" is redundant.After all, the only part of the body we can blink are the eyes.
欢迎收听VOA慢速英语《词汇掌故》节目。英语中有一些用来描述发生得非常快的事情的短语。今天我们将讨论几个短语。有些涉及身体部位。还有一些涉及自然行为。我们从我们的身体开始吧。有些事情我们人类做得很快――即眨眼和心跳。这些身体动作发生得极其快。所以，我们用“in the blink of an eye”和“in a heartbeat”来形容在瞬间发生的事情。以下是一些例子：她立刻接受了新工作。她根本不需要考虑。当他中了彩票时，一眨眼的功夫，他所有的金钱问题就消失了。现在，有些人可能会说“blink of an eye”是多余的。毕竟，我们身体上唯一能眨的部位就是眼睛。
