Hello and welcome to the English we.
Speak with me, Jiayin and me, Neil.
You look rather excited, Neil.
Of course I am.
The football World cup is about to start.
Excitement has reached fever pitch.
Well, that doesn't sound very good.
The last thing we need at the World cup is fever on the pitch.
Don't worry, Jiang.
There's no actual fever on the football pitch.
No one is ill.
Fever pitch is just an expression that means there are high levels of excitement.
Thank goodness for that.
Let's hear some examples.
I was at the school sports day and excitement was at fever pitch.
The kids were going crazy supporting their classmates.
Criticism of the company's CEO was at fever pitch.
The staff were really unhappy.
Anger reached fever pitch after the referee said it wasn't a goal.
This is the English we speak from BBC learner English.