I have no idea what they're going to say, so I'll have to play it by ear.
我一点不知道他们将会说些什么,所以我只好见机行事。
Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic.
去年,一位记者受一家有名的杂志的委托写一篇关于非洲某个新成立共和国总统府的文章。