VOA一分鐘英語：Start from Scratch

Start from Scratch 從頭開始
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歡迎來到《一分鐘英語》.
If you make a meal from scratch,you make it all yourself,with basic and fresh foods.
如果你從頭開始做一頓飯,指的是你用基礎(chǔ)的新鮮食材自己操作完成一頓飯.
But what does start from scratch mean?
但是start from scratch是什么意思呢?
My design for our new office is done!
我的新辦公室設(shè)計完成了!
Oh,did you hear? We don't have the money for a new kitchen.
哦,你聽說了嗎?我們沒有錢做新廚房.
No problem,that is easy to fix.
沒問題,這很容易解決.
Oh,and no new meeting rooms.
哦,也沒有新的會議室.
Okay,I'll just move this wall over here.
好吧,我把這面墻移到這邊.
Oh,and the library? Yeah,that's not happening.
哦,還有圖書館? 是的,那是不可能的.
You konw what? I'm starting from scratch.
你知道嗎?我要從頭開始.
To start from scratch means to start from the begining.
To start from scratch意思是從頭開始.
Sometimes this means you lose the work you have already done.
有時,這意味著你會失去已經(jīng)完成的工作.
But starting from scratch can be easier and smarter than trying to fix something.
但是從頭開始可能比試圖修復(fù)某些東西更容易,也更明智.