迷你对话学地道口语第402期:装腔作势

　　迷你对话
A: Take a look at Sarah! She is dancing with Joe with such airs and graces¹.
你看莎菈和乔跳舞时那别扭的样子。
B: I cannot agree. She’s only a little shy.
我不这么看。她不过是有点腼腆而已。
对话精讲
第一、地道表达
核心短语】ais and graces
解词释义】airs的意思是“高傲的样子”或“做作的姿态”。Grace的意思是“优雅”。两个意思的结合就是“为了引起别人的注意而故作姿态”，由此引申为“妆模作样，装腔作势”。
典型范例1】 I cannot stand his airs and graces——he is just an ordinary person like us.
我不能容忍他装腔作势——他和我们一样只是普通的人而已。
典型范例2】Look at you giving yourself airs and graces - think you're better than us, do you?
看看你装腔作势，你认为你比我们高一等，是吗？
典型范例3】I don't know why Claire puts on air and graces. After all, she has no reason to be so proud of herself.
我不知道克莱尔为什么这样盛气凌人。她毕竟没有理由如此自高自大。
典型范例4】I have never met your sister before;does she always give herself such airs and graces?
我从未见过你姐姐，她总是那么装腔作势吗？
第二、词海拾贝
take a look（at）：看......
典型范例1】I wonder if you would take a look at the old library.
我不知道你是否可以看一看旧图书馆。
典型范例2】I would be appreciated to take a look around your factory.
如能看一下你们工厂我会很感激的。
典型范例3】Take a look for yourself--everything has been damaged!
你自己来看看吧，东西全给毁了!
典型范例4】It sounds like a nice room. can we take a look at it ?
听起来不错，能不能看一看房间。

1 graces   

n.风度，恩遇，魅力；优美( grace的名词复数 )；宽限；恩泽；风度

参考例句：

• A young man with graces appeared on the stage. 舞台上出现了一位风度翩翩的年轻人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I'm not in her good graces at the moment. 我此刻尚未讨得她的欢心。 来自《简明英汉词典》