Nailed it!
Neil: Oh… the programme has started …. Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, I'm Neil. And… just bear with me because the clock has just fallen off the wall and I have to put it back again…
Neil：哦，节目开始啦…… 大家好，欢迎收听地道英语，我是Neil。 呃……请忍耐一下。墙上的钟掉下来了，我要把它放上去。
Li: And I am Li. Now, Li, the writer! I've nailed it, Neil!
Li：我是Li。 一个作家！ I've nailed it，Neil！
Neil: Oh, have you? But the nail was loose because, you see, the clock fell off the wall and I have to nail it back up again.
Neil：恩，是吗，你已经钉好了？！ 但是，钉子是松的，钟都掉下来啦，我不得不把它再挂回去！
Li: Stop this noise please, Neil! I have just told you that I've nailed it! You should say: Congratulations!
Li：不要发出声音，Neil！ 我刚刚跟你说过I've nailed it（我搞定了/成功了！） 你应该说：恭喜！
Neil: What have you nailed then? Was it that picture over there? Or was it the map in the corner? Well, to be fair none of them have fallen to the floor… yet!
Neil：你把什么钉好了？ 是那张画吗？ 还是角落的地图？ 嗯，这两样东西还没有掉呀！
Li: No, I got my poetry book accepted by a publisher and I am going to be a writer? I've nailed it!
Li：我说的不是这个，一个出版商同意出版我的诗集，我要成为作家啦。 我成功了！
Neil: Oh, congratulations, Li! I am impressed with your skills as a poet! We say someone nailed something when they have achieved something or performed a task successfully.
Neil：恭喜，Li！ 你诗歌写作确实不错！ 如果成功地做完一件事，我们就说someone nailed something（准确地，完美地做成了一件事）。
Mary finally got a job as a teacher. She went for the job interview and has nailed it!
Mary最终找到了一份教书的工作。 她参加了面试，最终被聘用了。
Chess is a difficult game to play. I wish I could nail it but I just can't!
象棋很难。 我希望我能做好，但是我不行！
The final exam was not easy but my cousin nailed it and got a place at university. Congratulations to him. He's nailed it!
期末考试很难，但是我表哥考得很好，并且进了大学。 恭喜啦。 他成功了！
Li: So, there you go, I have written poetry since I was a little girl. Then I decided to send it to a publisher and he accepted it!
Li：跟你说，我还是小女孩的时候就开始写诗了。 之后我把诗歌发寄给出版社，他们就发表啦！
Neil: That's all very nice, Li and I'm happy for you. I hope that you don't mind my hammering this nail though. I have to get the clock fixed to the wall as soon as possible.
Neil：太好了，我真为你高兴。 我希望你不要介意我敲钉子的声音。 我必须要尽快的把钟挂到墙上去。
(Noise of hammering)
（敲钉子声音）
Li: Yeah, go ahead. Hammer away if you need to but … the rhythm of the hammering inspires me to do some poetry. What rhymes with hammer…?
Li：好吧。 你要是真需要那就敲吧敲吧……你敲打的声音激起了我作诗的欲望。 跟hammer押韵的是……？
Neil: What do you mean?
Neil：你什么意思？
Li: I am officially a poet now and everything inspires me to write my poetry. So hammer rhymes with…
Li：我现在是正式的诗人了，所有事物都可能激起我作诗的欲望。 hammer和什么押韵呢……
Neil: … grammar.
Neil：……grammar。
Li: Oh, yes!
Li：对的！
Neil: And we have to do it quickly because we have to prepare our English teaching programme.
Neil：我们必须动作快点，我们一会儿还要准备英语教学。
Li: ok
Li：好。
(Sound of inspiring music)
（启发灵感的音乐响起）
Li: To the wall you hammer it all… Clock, picture, a proud banner... To the brain you fix with no pain... Verb… noun… adjective…and English grammar....
Li：铁锤在墙上钉…… 钟，图片，骄傲的旗…… 毫不费力地完善大脑…… 动词……名词……形容词……英语语法……（编者注：此处的诗无法用相应的中文做到韵律美，直译）
Neil: You have really nailed it Li! Clock fixed and everything, let's go and prepare our programmes. Bye for now.
Neil：（这诗）简直太好了！ 好啦，钟挂好了 ，我们去准备英语教学吧。 再见。
Li: Bye.
Li：再见。