迷你对话学地道口语第817期:欣喜若狂

 　　Subject : I am over the moon.

　　第一，迷你对话

　　A: Here is your ticket.

　　这是你的票。

　　B: Wonderful, I am over the moon.

　　太棒了！我真是欣喜若狂。

　　第二，地道表达

　　over the moon

　　1. 解词释义

　　Over the moon来自于美国的一首儿歌，用来形容人们“兴高采烈”的心情。到了上世纪70年代，它用于体育赛事，指比赛赢了“欣喜若狂”的样子，相当于“absolutely delighted”或“ecstatic”。表示因……而欣喜如狂，在短语的后面用介词at，即：be over the moon at doing sth./sth.。

　　2. 拓展范例

　　e.g. The whole team were over the moon at winning¹ the competition.

　　全队都为赢得这场比赛而欣喜若狂。

　　e.g. The whole family were over the moon when Martin got a good job.

　　当马丁找到一份好工作时，全家高兴极了。

　　e.g. She was over the moon when she heard that her son had passed the examination².

　　当她听说她儿子通过了考试时，她高兴极了。

　　e.g. It was two weeks after I married³ your mother. We were living in a tiny apartment and we had no idea how we were going to afford a family. So when I heard I was being⁴ promoted⁵ to sales manager, I was just over the moon.

　　当时我娶你妈妈刚刚两个星期，我们住在一个小小的公寓里，不知道怎么能养得起孩子。因此，当我听说自己被提升为销售经理时，简直高兴极了。

　　e.g. You can imagine how nervous I was when I finally told her how I felt. I didn't know what to expect. She could have gotten angry or acted like I was joking or even felt sorry for me. But, when she said she felt the same way, I was just over the moon.

　　你可以想象，我向她表白的时候心里有多紧张。我不知道她会有什么样的反应。她可能会生气、也可能会觉得我是在开玩笑，甚至可能会同情我。可是她竟然说，她也喜欢我，这简直让我喜出望外。

1 winning   

adj.获胜的，胜利的；吸引人的，有说服力的

参考例句：

• Team A has no chance of winning.A队没有获胜的可能。
• They have great hopes of winning.他们获胜的希望极大。

2 examination   

n.考试，考查，试题；检查，调查

参考例句：

• Teachers always judge their students on the final examination.老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生。
• He put up a good show in the final examination.他在期末考试中表现得不错。

3 married   

adj.已婚的；与…结婚的

参考例句：

• I heard John got married.我听说约翰结婚了。
• They got married last autumn.他们在去年秋季结婚。

4 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？

5 promoted   

adj. 升迁的 动词promote的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They overestimated his ability when they promoted him. 他们提拔他的时候高估了他的能力。
• I'm happy to inform you that you have been promoted to captain. 我很高兴地告诉你，你已被提升为上尉了。