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Helen: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English. Rosie and I are doing a salsa class tonight. It's my favourite Latin American dance and I love the music! Salsa 是我最喜歡的拉丁舞，音樂可棒了！
Rosie: Yes, and it's not easy… One, two, three, whoops! I'm not very good yet – I'm still finding my feet.
Helen: You're still finding your feet? No wonder you're so bad. How can you dance if you don't know where your feet are? 你如果連自己的腳都搞不清楚在哪兒，怎麼可能跳舞？
Rosie: I do know where my feet are, Helen. When you say you're finding your feet in English, it means you're becoming confident at something.
Helen: So if I say I'm still finding my feet, it means I'm still getting used to a new situation… 原來 finding my feet 這個短語的意思是說我還在適應新環境，是個比喻，和腳其實沒關係。
Will Rosie find her feet?
Rosie: That's right. And when you say you've found your feet, it means you've become familiar with a situation.
Helen: Let's have a look at some examples:
Helen: 這個短語還挺有用的，人們經常在開始新工作時或者學新東西的時候說。
Rosie: That's right… And I feel like I'm getting quite good at salsa now.
Helen: Really? It looks like you're still finding your feet… Rosie 覺得她的 salsa 已經跳得不錯了，我看她還沒找到她的腳呢! She's still finding her feet.
Rosie: I might ask someone to dance with me, Helen. That guy over there is pretty good. Hi, would you like to dance?
Man: Oh, OK.
Rosie: Oooooh this is fun. One, two, three… Oops sorry! Did I step on your foot?
Man: Ouch!
Helen: It looks like Rosie's doing more than finding her feet. Rosie 不光是找到了其他人的腳，她還踩了別人的腳，這可糟了！