The english we speak(BBC教學)第267期:Full of the joys of spring 非常高興
Something has put Finn in a good mood but what has that got to do with spring when it is still winter? Rob explains a seasonal idiom to Feifei that compares the feeling of spring with someone's mood — but how long will Finn have this feeling for? Listen to the programme to find out.
芬恩因爲某件事而心情大好，可是這和春天有什麼關係？現在還是冬天呢。羅布向菲菲解釋了這個和季節有關的習語，這個習語將春天的感覺比作某人的心情，不過芬恩的這種感覺能保持多久？請收聽本期節目並找出答案。Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak — I'm Feifei...
菲菲：大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語節目，我是菲菲……Rob: And hello, I'm Rob.
羅布：大家好，我是羅布。
Feifei: Hey Rob, have you seen Finn today?
菲菲：嗨，羅布，你今天看見芬恩了嗎？Rob: Yes, yes, I saw him just a few moments ago... same old Finn.
羅布：看見了，我剛剛看到他了，芬恩還是老樣子。Feifei: But when I saw him he was very cheerful... smiling and he was singing too!
菲菲：我看他非常高興，不只笑容滿面，他還哼着歌呢！Rob: Well, nothing wrong with singing at work.
羅布：工作時哼歌並沒有錯。Feifei: I know... but he just know...
菲菲：我知道，不過他看起來……Rob: Full of the joys of spring?
羅布：充滿喜悅？Feifei: Full of the joys of spring? Erm, I don't think so — it's winter Rob — cold and wet.
菲菲：充滿春天的喜悅？額，我不這麼想，羅布，現在是冬天，又冷又潮溼。Rob: No Feifei! The season might be winter but Finn's behaviour, or his mood, is cheerful and lively — like springtime — you know, bright, sunny, flowers growing, new animals being born, birds flying around...
羅布：不是，菲菲！現在的確是冬天，不過芬恩的行爲，或者說他的心情像春天一樣充滿喜悅又有活力，你知道，春天陽光明媚，鮮花盛開，小動物出生，鳥兒飛來飛去……Feifei: Mmm... that does sound like spring. It's a nice phrase. It means someone is happy?
菲菲：嗯，聽起來的確像春天。這是個不錯的短語。意思是形容某個人很高興嗎？Rob: Happy — that's right. Shall we hear some more examples?
羅布：高興，沒錯。我們來聽些例句怎麼樣？Examples
例句Emily's full of the joys of spring today — her boyfriend has just asked her to marry him!
埃米莉今天非常高興，她男友剛剛向她求婚了！Raj seems full of the joys of spring today — he must have some good news about his exam results.
拉傑今天興高采烈，他一定考了個好成績。I'm full of the joys of spring today — I've just won 1,000 pounds in the lottery — now, what shall I spend it on?
我今天非常高興，我買彩票中了1000英鎊，我應該怎麼花這些錢呢？Feifei: So if someone is full of the joys of spring they are in a good mood. Rob, why is Finn in such a good mood?
菲菲：如果我們說某個人full of the joys of spring，意思是他們心情很好。羅布，爲什麼芬恩心情這麼好？Rob: He's happy because he's going on holiday tomorrow — swapping our cold winter for two weeks in the sun, on the beach in Thailand!
羅布：他高興的原因是他明天要去度假了，接下來的兩週他可以擺脫寒冷的冬天，在泰國的海灘上曬太陽！Feifei: Lucky Finn! But hold on Rob... there's a strike at the airport tomorrow. All flights are cancelled. Does he know that?
菲菲：芬恩真是太幸運了！等一下，羅布，明天機場罷工。所有航班都取消了。芬恩知道這件事嗎？Rob: Oh, I don't think so. Shall we tell him?
羅布：我想他不知道。我們是不是應該告訴他？Feifei: Oh, I don't know. That will make him 'empty of the joys of spring'...
菲菲：我也不知道。這個消息會讓他的快樂落空。Rob: full of the misery of winter!
羅布：充滿痛苦！Feifei: Is that another idiom?
菲菲：這是另一個習語嗎？Rob: No, I just made that one up. Come on, I'll go and tell him.
羅布：不是，這是我剛編的。走吧，我要去告訴他這個消息。Feifei: Bye.
菲菲：再見。Rob: Bye.
羅布：再見。
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重點講解：
1. ask sb. to do sth. 要求…（做…）；請求…（做…）；
例句：We must ask you to amplify your statement.
我們得請你對你的說法作進一步的說明。
2. spend on 在……花錢；
例句：She spend all her savings on a trip to Egypt.
她將其全部積蓄都花在了去埃及有這趟旅行上了。
3. hold on 稍等；等一下；
例句：But — hold on — it's not necessarily as bad as you think.
但是，等等，你完全沒必要把它想得那麼糟糕。
4. make up 編造；虛構；
例句：Don't make up a lie to deceive us.
不要編造謊話來騙我們。
