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在现代英语里，动词 “cook” 可以用来表示 “在擅长的事上尽情发挥”。比如，“She is cooking!” 就是在夸赞 “她十分擅长正在做的事情，并且发挥出色”，也就是 “她做得太棒了，真是发挥出色！”。听节目，跟主持人 Beth 和菲菲学习俗语 “cook” 的用法。

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Feifei
Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English, where we explain expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too. I'm Feifei, and I'm joined by Beth. Hi Beth!

Beth
Hi Feifei. I learnt a new phrase recently – my friend said 'let her cook'.

Feifei
Interesting. Were you in the kitchen?

Beth
No. I was telling a long story and my friend kept saying to my other friends 'let her cook'.

Feifei
And what does it mean?

Beth
Well, in modern slang it means someone is doing well at something and that you should let them continue until the end of what they're doing.

Feifei
I see. So when your friend said 'let her cook', they meant 'don't interrupt – she is doing great, let her keep going'. It's really funny, a friend of mine's dad likes telling really long jokes – sometimes it takes days – but we know he's really good, so we let him cook.

Beth
Days? Wow!

Feifei
Yes. Well, let's listen to more examples of 'cook'.

Examples
I've been decorating my house for ages, and now it's really coming together. We're really cooking now.

In the meeting, Barry was speaking for about ten minutes when it really should have been about two, but we just let him cook. He had so many good ideas.

I've never seen anyone play that well in their first game. She just cooked.

Feifei
你正在收听的是 BBC 英语教学的 “地道英语” 节目。刚刚我们一起学习了俗语 “cook” 的用法。作为一个新兴的俗语，“let someone cook” 的意思就是 “让某人尽情地自由发挥，不要打断他们，让他们继续”，这个表达暗示一个人 “非常擅长做那件正在做的事”。

Beth
You might have noticed that we had examples there with 'cooking' and 'cooked', rather than 'let them cook'. It can be used as a verb in this way too.

Feifei
是的。“Cook” 可以作为一个动词使用，所以我们可以说 “someone's cooking” 或者 “someone cooked”。

不过需要注意，这个俗语虽然十分地道，但它的语气轻松诙谐，通常只能用在为朋友加油打气或者在社交媒体上和他人交流的场景中，不能用在工作等正式场合中。

Beth
Well, I think you've been cooking in this episode, Feifei.

Feifei
Thanks! We'll be back next time with another useful English phrase. See you soon!

Beth
Bye!