英語口語練習(xí)小對話 第472期:非常健康

　　Subject：fit as a fiddle

　　迷你對話

　　A：Hi, Clive. Nice to meet you. How is your mothernow?

　　你好，Clive。很高興見到你，你媽媽最近怎樣?

　　B：Thank you. She is fit as a fiddle.

　　謝謝。她身體非常健康。

　　地道表達

　　fit as a fiddle

　　1. 解詞釋義

　　Fit as a fiddle的意思是 in very good health，譯為：非常健康。這種說法大約出現(xiàn)在1616年，有一種猜想認(rèn)為這和年邁的街頭fiddler即“提琴手”有關(guān)。他們?nèi)諒?fù)一日地在街頭演奏，非常消耗體力，為確保演奏總是連綿不斷并且充滿激情，他們必須具備充沛的體力和旺盛的精力。按照這種說法，fit as a fiddle應(yīng)該改為fit asa fiddler才合適，但是至今還未見過這個用法。有趣的是，用fiddle代替fiddler的說法還不少，如：He issecond fiddle. 它是二提琴手。

　　2 典型例句

　　e.g. You may feel sick now, but after a few days of rest and plenty of liquids, you'll be fit as afiddle.

　　你現(xiàn)在可能生病了，但是休息幾天，吃些流體飲食，你就會精神好起來的。

　　e.g. Grandfather: Are you sure you'll be able to climb all these stairs?

　　你真的可以爬樓梯嗎?

　　Grandmother: Of course! I feel fit as a fiddle today.

　　當(dāng)然了，我現(xiàn)在身體非常健康。

　　e.g. In spite of the long trip, Alice arrived looking fit as a fiddle.

　　雖然經(jīng)過長途旅行，愛麗斯到達的時候還是顯得神采奕奕。

　　e.g. He was fit as a fiddle when he came back from abroad.

　　他從國外回來時身體很好。

　　3 視野拓展

　　詞語也可以用作as fit as a fiddle。

　　e.g. He is as fit as a fiddle though he is already seventy.

　　盡管已經(jīng)七十歲了，他還是非常健康。

　　e.g. I'm not sick; on the contrary, I'm as fit as a fiddle.

　　我沒有病;恰恰相反，我的身體棒極了。