英語早間課堂:教您1招說"Joy"（2）

拋招：I think John just get that promotion he's been wanting so much. I say him walk out of the boss's office like that cat that just ate the canary.

我想John好像升職了，這是他夢寐以求的。我看見他從老板辦公室走出來的時(shí)候，顯出得意洋洋的樣子。

接招：上面例句中用到了一個(gè)短語：like a cat that just ate the canary，這是一個(gè)介詞短語，它通常與look這個(gè)動(dòng)詞搭配，用作謂語，即：look like a cat that just ate the canary。短語中的canary是指“加那利白葡萄酒”，人喝了酒后就像踩在云中霧中一樣，動(dòng)物也不例外。當(dāng)一個(gè)人有了巨大的成就時(shí)就極為高興，沾沾自喜地，就如同在云中霧中行走。因此，這個(gè)短語就很形象地表達(dá)出“得意洋洋的樣子”“沾沾自喜的樣子”的意思。

也有人是這樣看待這個(gè)習(xí)語的：canary也有“金絲雀”的意思。Look like the cat that ate the canary這個(gè)俗語是用來形容一個(gè)人顯得非常滿足，就像一只貓終于實(shí)現(xiàn)了它長期以來的愿望，把鳥籠打開，把里面那只可憐的金絲雀吃了，感到很滿足。Look like a cat that just ate the canary中的just是起到加強(qiáng)語氣的作用，是可以省略的，這個(gè)短語還可以用作look like a cat that stole the cream。

我們通過下面的例句來熟悉這個(gè)短語的意思和用法。下面是關(guān)于賽馬的一個(gè)例子：

My friend didn't listen to my advice and he bet twenty dollars on the horse. Why, I couldn't believe my eyes! The horse won by a nose and my friend came back with the two thousand bucks he'd just won, looking like the cat that ate the canary.

我的朋友沒有聽我的勸告,在那個(gè)馬身上壓了二十美元。我真是難以相信我的眼睛。那匹馬跑得快了一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)就贏了。我那朋友拿了他剛贏的二千塊美元回來,得意非凡。

我們再來看2個(gè)獲獎(jiǎng)的例子：

When Susan got the award and backed to home, she looked like the cat that ate the canary.

Susan那捧著獎(jiǎng)杯，看上去沾沾自喜，得意揚(yáng)揚(yáng)的。

A : This is one of Helen's old school photos. Can you spot her?

B : I think that must be her holding the cup and looking like the cat that ate the canary!

A : 這是海倫學(xué)生時(shí)代的一張照片，你能認(rèn)出她嗎?

B : 我想那捧著獎(jiǎng)杯，看上去沾沾自喜，得意揚(yáng)揚(yáng)的，一定是她。

好，親愛的朋友們，我想今天的這一招說“快樂”——look like a cat that just ate the canary，您一定接住了， 下回Juliet在繼續(xù)拋招，您再來接招，我們下次再見吧。