迷你对话学地道口语第425期:趾高气扬,得意忘形

第一、迷你对话

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A: I dislike Susan. She is always above herself.

我讨厌Susan。她总是趾高气扬的。

B: Don’t you know that she was the only one who had received the invitation in the office?

你不知道她是办公室唯一收到请柬的吗？

A: What of it?

那又有什么了不起呢？

B: Sure.

可不是。

第二、 对话精讲

1. 地道核心表达

【核心短语】be above oneself

【解词释义】above在该习语中做介词，意思是“高于，在......之上”。Above oneself是形容某人因兴高采烈而得意忘形，趾高气扬的样子，该习语通常被用作表语。

【典型例句1】He gets above himself sometimes.

他有时自视过高。

【典型例句2】That child needs to have a strict teacher; he's getting far above himself.

那孩子需要找个严格的老师，他变得太狂妄了。

【典型例句3】She' s been getting a bit above herself since winning her award.

她获奖以来，渐渐有点骄傲了。

【典型例句4】His recent successes puffed him above himself.

近来的成功使他趾高气扬。

【典型例句5】She has got far above herself and now it's time she was taken down a peg.

她太自以为了不起了，是该杀杀她的威风的时候了。

第二、句海拾贝

【句型模板】What of ......?

【语法用法】of的后面通常接it，this，that。表示“你认为......怎么样？”“......有什么关系呢？”“......有重要性呢？”

【句型操练】Yes, I wrote it. What of it?

不错, 是我写的。那又怎么样呢？