The english we speak(BBC教学)第116期:Head over heels 陷入情网
Neil: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, I'm Neil and … I am waiting for Li.
尼尔：大家好，欢迎来到地道英语节目，我是尼尔，我正在等李。Li: Ouch. And I'm Li, here on the floor. I went head over heels but…but I'm ready to present the programme, Neil.
李：哎哟。我是李，我在地板上。我摔倒了……不过我准备好主持节目了，尼尔。Neil: Are you okay, Li? Let me help you up.
尼尔：李，你还好吗？我来帮你站起来吧。
Li: Thank you. I appreciate you helping me to stand up.
李：谢谢你。很感谢你帮我起来。Neil: I am sorry that you fell over like that. You sounded so cheerful… so you are head over heels Li? Who is the lucky guy?
尼尔：你那样摔倒我真感到难过。你听起来很兴奋……所以李，你陷入情网了？那个幸运的家伙是谁？Li: The lucky guy? What do you mean, Neil?
李：幸运的家伙？尼尔，你是什么意思？Neil: Well, the one you are head over heels in love with. Is it anyone I know?
尼尔：那个你疯狂爱上的人啊。是我认识的人吗？Li: Anyone you know? I don't know what you are talking about, Neil. I have just fallen flat on my face…
李：你认识的人？尼尔，我不知道你在说什么。我只是刚刚摔倒了……Neil: You said that you are head over heels. This is an expression we use in English to say that you had such a dramatic fall that your head was over your feet and we use it when we want to say that someone fell madly in love.
尼尔：你说你陷入情网了。在英语中我们用这个表达方式来表示你摔了个倒栽葱，而我们在说某人疯狂地坠入爱河的时候也会使用这个词语。Li: Oh, that's when we say that someone has fallen head over heels for another person.
李：哦，就是说可以形容某个人疯狂地爱上另一个人。Neil: You can also imagine you are a gymnast doing somersaults or cartwheels. Your head goes literally over your heels.
尼尔：你可以想象你是正在翻筋斗和做侧手翻的体操运动员。这就是字面意义上的头越过了脚。Li: Yeah…It makes sense: when you are in love it might mean that you are so happy that you feel like jumping around.
李：没错……这可以说得通：当你陷入爱河时，你感到非常开心，以致于你想跳跃。Examples
例子They met at a dinner party and fell head over heels for each other.
他们在一个晚宴上相识，然后就疯狂地爱上了彼此。He is gorgeous! I am head over heels in love with him!
他太帅了！我完全迷上他了！She is a hopeless romantic: she is always head over heels in love with somebody.
她是一个无可救药的浪漫主义者：她总是会疯狂地爱上某个人。Neil: So, who is it Li? Who have you fallen head over heels in love with? I promise I won't tell a soul.
尼尔：所以，那个人是谁？是谁让你坠入情网了？我保证我不会告诉别人。Li: Neil, I came here very excited to present a programme with you but I must say that now my head hurts…
李：尼尔，我对来这里和你一起主持节目感到很兴奋，不过我必须要说现在我的头很疼……Neil: Your head hurts?
尼尔：你头疼？Li: … my feet are sore…
李：我的脚很酸……Neil: Your feet are sore? What's been going on?
尼尔：你的脚很酸？怎么了？Li: … but I am certainly not in love with this bin that made me fall over.
李：我肯定没有爱上这个害我摔倒的箱子。Neil: Oh… Okay. So no juicy gossip for us today. Well, we'd better say goodbye.
尼尔：哦……好吧。不要八卦我们今天的对话。我们最好结束节目跟大家说再见吧。Li: No juicy gossip! And let's finish the programme because I'd better go and have an aspirin. Bye!
李：不要说八卦！我们结束节目吧，因为我最好去吃片阿斯匹林。再见！重点讲解：
1. head over heels
深陷情网；
eg. The newly-weds are head over heels in love.
这对新婚夫正情溶意蜜。
eg. Tom was soon head over heels in love with her.
汤姆一下子就爱上了她，而且为之倾倒。
2. fall flat on one's face
摔倒；跌倒；
eg. A man walked in off the street and fell flat on his face, unconscious.
一个男人从街上走进来，趴倒在地，不省人事。
eg. Stepping forward to receive my award what do I do but fall flat on my face.
我走上前去领奖，却没料到摔趴在地上。
3. make sense
可以理解；讲得通；
eg. I can't follow these instructions--they don't make sense.
我不理解这些指示——根本讲不通嘛。
eg. Up to a point , Prof Goldstein's results make sense.
到此为止，哥尔斯坦教授的实验结果都合情合理。
4. be in love with sb.
对…倾心；爱慕；热恋；
eg. It is said that Jenny is in love with Tom.
据说詹妮正在和汤姆恋爱。
eg. In a word, Sophia was in love with him to distraction.
简单一句话，苏菲亚爱他爱得神魂颠倒了。
5. had better do sth.
（用于建议、警告、威胁、发表意见等）最好做某事；
eg. You had better have another think.
你最好再想一想。
eg. You had better go home and rest up a little.
你最好回家休息一下。
