英语口语练习小对话 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 winning 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 examination.

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 married 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 being promoted 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。