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A: I found my lost diary just now. I almost jumped right out of my skin.

我剛剛找了我丟失的日記本，我真是驚喜萬分。

B: That’s great. If you finish using something, put it back.

那就好，用過的東西要放回原處。

對話精講

第一、地道表達

to jump right out of one’s skin

1. 解詞釋義

Jump是“跳”的意思，to jump right out of one’s skin直接翻譯就是“從某人的皮膚里跳出來”。這當然不可能發生的事情。實際上，to jump right out of one’s skin就是指“被一個突然發生的事情或者是未預料的危險嚇了一大跳”。此外，這個短語也有可以表示“使某人驚喜”。對話中“I almost jumped right out of my skin.”的意思就是“我真是驚喜萬分”。

2 典型例句

e.g. He was doing something there with his back to me. At the sound of my voice he nearly jumped out of his skin.

他正在做事，背朝著我。他聽到我聲音時簡直嚇得魂不附體。

e.g. I nearly jumped out of my skin when a hand grabbed me in the dark.

黑暗中有一只手把我抓住, 可真把我嚇了一大跳。

e.g. The sudden explosion made me jump out of my skin.

突然的爆炸聲把我嚇壞了。

e.g. I jumped out of my skin, when I receive message of employment.

當收到被錄用的信時，我欣喜若狂。

第二、 辭海拾貝

finish doing something：完成某事

e.g. As soon as he'd finished eating, he excused himself.

他一吃完就告辭離開了。

e.g. I did not finish doing my homework until my father came back at 10 o'clock.

我一直到我爸爸十點鐘回來才做完家庭作業。

put something back：放回原處

e.g. I put it back inside your drawer.

我把它放回你的抽屜里去了。

e.g. Put back the books on the shelves which you are not using.

把用不著的書放回書架。