【句子】The fact is, if I don't feel passionately about a client, if I don't feel that fire in my belly, I don't bring my A-game to court. 【Desperate Housewives S02E04】

【发音】/ðə/ /fækt/ /ɪz/ /ɪf/ /aɪ/ /dəʊnt/ /fiːl/ /ˈpæʃ.ən.ət.li/ /əˈbaʊt/ /ə/ /ˈklaɪ.ənt/ /ɪf/ /aɪ/ /dəʊnt/ /fiːl/ /ðæt/ /faɪə(r)/ /ɪn/ /maɪ/ /ˈbel.i/ /aɪ/ /dəʊnt/ /brɪŋ/ /maɪ/ /ˈeɪ.geɪm/ /tʊ/ /kɔː(r)t/

【发音技巧】fact is连读；if I连读；don't feel不完全爆破；passionately不完全爆破；about a连读+闪音；if I连读；don't feel不完全爆破；that fire不完全爆破；don't bring失去爆破；

【翻译】事实上，如果我对一位客户没有感觉了，如果我感受不到我内心的激情，我就无法在法庭上有优异的表现。

【适用场合】

今天我们学习一下这个短语，A game，你也可以加连字符A-game，这样一个短语什么意思呢？

大家都知道成绩里面，A+是最好的，然后A，A-等等。

所以A game就指的是一个人的最好表现/最好成绩；

one's highest level of play or performance



eg: If we don't bring our A game with us, we don't have a chance.

如果我们不拿出我们的最佳表现，我们就没有机会了。



eg: We'll have to bring our A-game to defeat the league champions.

我们得拿出我们的最佳表现，才能打败联赛冠军。



eg: No one in the team, including myself, brought their A game to any of the matches.

队伍里面没有任何一个人，包括我，参加任何比赛的时候拿出了自己的最好表现。



eg: I needed to have my A game today but it wasn't even close.

今天我需要拿出我最佳的状态的，但是今天我的表现让人一言难尽。



eg: Let me tell you something: I can still pitch. I might not have my A game every night, but like I tell the young guys, you've got to go and win when things don't feel just right.

我跟你讲，我还能投篮。我可能不会每晚都有最好的表现，但正如我告诉年轻人的那样，情况不那么理想的情况下，你也得去拼，去赢得比赛。



eg: He's a prosecutor who knows his stuff. You have to have your A game if you're going up against him.

他是一位很专业的检察官，如果你要跟他对簿公堂，你得拿出你的最佳表现。



eg: If she produces her A game she deserves to be involved.

如果她能拿出她最好的表现，她理应参与进来。



eg: If they can both take their A games to Centre Court, this is a final of huge possibilities.

如果他们俩都可以在中心球场拿出自己最好的表现，那这场决赛谁也说不好是什么结果。



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My point is that even if he had his A game going he might have lost.