英语地道口语表达 迷你对话学地道口语第425期:趾高气扬,得意忘形

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,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？