On Cloud Nine——欣喜若狂

** euphoric（歡快）// ecstatic（欣喜若狂）// exhilarated（興高采烈的）// elated（喜氣洋洋的）

~~極其快樂；欣喜若狂；樂不可支；得意洋洋；得意忘形；忘乎所以；樂得找不着北；處於盡善盡美的境地；如處九重天極樂之境；飛到九重雲霄般陶醉；九霄雲上般爽呆了

~~ cloud nine // on a cloud // sitting on cloud nine // in seventh heaven // flying high // on top of the world // walking on air // tickled pink // as happy as a clam

!! Meteorologists classify clouds in many categories. Number nine is the highest cloud, the cumulonimbus (thundercloud)whose top may reach 40,000 feet.

（氣象學家對雲層進行多個分類。九號是最高的雲，積雨雲（雷雲）其頂部可達四萬呎。）

!! “Cloud nine”could be attributed to the ninth heaven of Dante’s Paradise of ten heavens. It is the closest to the divine presence. The 10th heaven, the empyrean, is where God is.

（“九雲”可說是但丁《天堂篇》中的第九天堂。它是最接近神聖存在的地方。第十個天堂，最高天，是上帝的所在。）

>> Bruce’s parents had been wanting their son to marry Jennifer, their best friends’ daughter, so when Bruce finally proposed to her, his parents have been on cloud nine.

（布魯士的父母一直想他們的兒子與他們最好朋友的女兒珍妮花結婚，所以當布魯士最終向她求婚時，他的父母極其快樂。）

>> We were on cloud nine when our articles had been published in the newspaper.

（當我們的文章在報紙上發表時，我們欣喜若狂。）

學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師

李啟文　　教授