迷你对话学地道口语第832期:求婚

 　　Subject : I am going to pop the question.

　　第一， 迷你对话

　　A: I am going to pop the question.

　　我要向我女朋友求婚。

　　B: Really? Congratulations.

　　真的吗？祝贺啊！

　　第二， 地道表达

　　pop the question

　　1. 解词释义

　　Pop 本来是指“短促而清脆的爆破声”，形容的是一种突发的情况。Pop the question字面意思是“突然提出问题”，引申为“求婚”的意思。

　　2. 拓展范例

　　e.g. He has been trying for weeks to pluck¹ up the courage to pop the question.

　　几星期以来,他一直想鼓起勇气求婚。

　　e.g. Mary has been waiting months for George to pop the question, but up to now he hasn't.

　　玛丽等着乔治来向她求婚,一直等了几个月, 但直到现在他还没开口。

1 pluck   

v.摘，拔（毛）拨，弹奏，拉；n.勇气，决心

参考例句：

• He is full of pluck.他很有勇气。
• With a few pluck at the string of his banjo,everybody is singing along.他拨了拨班卓琴的琴弦，每个人就都跟著唱了起了。