迷你對話學地道口語第470期:精神非常好

Subject: I feel on top out of the world.

迷你對話

A: We have not seen each other for a long time. How are you?

好久不見了，最近還好嗎？

B: Thank you. I feel on top out of the world. And you?

謝謝！我的精神狀態很好。你呢？

地道表達

feel on top of the world

1. 解詞釋義

健康是無價之寶，如果你擁有健康的身心，精神飽滿充滿了活力，用feel on top of the world這個短語來形容你的健康狀況是最好不過的了。當然你也可以簡單地說：I feel great. 從在面上看，on top of the world就是“在世界巔峯”。中國有句古詩：“會當凌絕頂，一覽衆山小。”說的就是站在山頂受到的那種心曠神怡的感覺，而健康的人所擁有的感覺也正好是登上山頂遠眺時心曠神怡的感覺，他們覺得任何困難都只是腳下的小山，都變得簡單而渺小，自己非常自信。只有擁有健康的身體的人才會有這樣的狀況。其英文解釋爲：one feel very good, as if one were ruling the world。

2. 典型範例

e.g. I've just got back from the doctor's and I feel on top of the world.

我剛從醫務所回來，覺得神采飛揚。

e.g.I do not actually feel on top of the world, but I have felt worse.

我確實感到身體不舒服，今天下午感覺更差了。

e.g. Who would imagine somebody like Lee could even graduate from college - confined to a wheel chair! Now he's going to America all by himself. Nobody could feel more on top of the world right now!

誰能想像像李這樣一個坐在輪椅裏的殘疾人居然能夠從大學畢業。現在，他自己一個人要到美國去了。沒有人現在能比他更感到高興的了。

e.g. I really admire Alice. Thirty years of hard work raising kids. Her youngest son just got married and all her children are doing well. She tells me she's on top of the world now for the first time in her life.

我真是佩服艾麗斯。她辛苦了三十年把孩子培養成人。她最小的兒子剛結婚，所有的孩子都很發達。她對我說，現在她真是感到非常高興。這是她一輩子第一次感到這麼高興。