The english we speak(BBC教學)第156期:Loved Up 墜入愛河
Finn: Welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Finn.
芬恩：歡迎收聽地道英語節目。我是芬恩。Li: (Very happy) And I'm Yang Li…
莉：（非常高興）我是楊莉……Finn: How are you today, Li?
芬恩：莉，你今天過得怎麼樣？
Li:(Dreamy, romantic voice) Oh fantastic. Just great. Amazing…
莉：（夢幻的、浪漫的聲音）哦，非常美妙。非常棒，棒極了……Finn: Really? Great… ok. Are you ready to start the programme?
芬恩：真的嗎？太好了……你準備好開始今天的節目了嗎？Li: (Dreamy, romantic voice) Any time… Isn't life wonderful?
莉：（夢幻的、浪漫的聲音）隨時都可以……生活是不是很美妙？Finn: Are you sure you're alright?
芬恩：你確定你還好吧？Li: Perfect. He's lovely, isn't he? He's perfect!
莉：非常好。他很迷人，不是嗎？他太完美了！Finn: Oh, I see! You're talking about your new boyfriend. You're so loved up right now, Li!
芬恩：哦，我明白了！你在說你的新男友。莉，你現在完全墜入愛河了！Li: But he has the most beautiful eyes and smile. And when he dances…
莉：他有最美麗的眼睛和微笑。他跳舞的時候……Finn: Li! (To audience) Well, I think Li is completely loved up - which is our phrase for the day. When you're loved up, it means you are really happy because you're in love.
芬恩：莉！（對觀衆說）嗯，我想莉完全墜入愛河了，這就是我們今天要學的短語。you're loved up意思是你正在熱戀所以非常幸福。Li: He dances like a dream, especially salsa…
莉：他跳舞時就像夢境一樣，尤其是他跳薩爾薩舞的時候……Finn: You know, I think I'm going to have to present the rest of this programme on my own. As you can see, when you're loved up, sometimes you don't pay a lot of attention to things around you.
芬恩：你知道，我想我要獨自主持剩下的節目了。正如你們看到的，當你陷入愛河時，你根本不怎麼注意你周圍的事情。She's so loved up at the moment. She even forgets to eat lunch.
她現在完全墜入愛河了。她甚至忘記了吃午飯。Finn: It can also be used to describe a couple who are very much in love, and who openly show their affection in public.
芬恩：這個短語也可以用來形容非常相愛的情侶，這些情侶經常公開炫耀愛情。They're always together; holding hands, laughing. They seem so happy. They're really loved up!
他們總是在一起；牽手，歡笑。他們看起來非常幸福。他們真的墜入愛河了！Finn: Li, Li… Li, how long have you been in love? Hello?!
芬恩：莉，莉……莉，你戀愛多長時間了？清醒點？！Li: Ooh, I'm going salsa dancing tonight with him, and I can't wait. Oh, he's so gorgeous. Don't you think, Finn?
莉：哦，我今晚要和他一起跳薩爾薩舞，我都等不及了。哦，他太迷人了。芬恩，你覺得呢？Finn: Yes, sure, he's so gorgeous. Anyway, I'm getting a bit lonely here. Maybe I should take up salsa dancing too? Ok, bye for now everyone! Li, time to say goodbye.
芬恩：對，當然，他非常迷人。不管怎麼樣，我覺得有點兒孤獨。也許我也應該去參加薩爾薩舞課程嗎？好吧，現在該說再見了！莉，是結束節目的時間了。Li: Oh yeah, goodbye, bye, bye!
莉：哦，好啊，再見，再見，再見！重點講解：
1. right now
現在；此時此刻；
eg. This strand in fantasy writing is exploding right now.
這種幻想故事寫作手法立刻就流行開來了。
eg. I'm warning you; stop it right now!
我警告你，馬上住手！
2. on one's own
單獨地；獨自地；
eg. He can be left to work on his own.
工作可交給他一個人去做。
eg. I live on my own in a studio flat.
我自己住在一個單間公寓裏。
3. pay attention to
關心；注意；
eg. People should pay attention to the changed situation.
人們應該注意到變化了的形勢。
eg. But of course I need to pay attention to what I do.
但我當然需要把注意力集中在我做的事情上。
4. at the moment
此刻；目前；眼下；
eg. He's touring South America at this moment in time.
他此刻正在南美旅遊觀光。
eg. At the moment this looks unlikely.
目前這看起來還不可能。
5. be in love
戀愛；戀愛中；相愛；
eg. A man in love may be famishing, and yet want no food at all.
一個墜入愛河的人或許會感到飢腸轆轆，卻根本不需要食物。
eg. Then I met someone and wham, bam, I was completely in love.
然後我遇上了一個人，嘭的一下，我就墜入了愛河。
