留美老师带你每日说英文 第779期:如何表现自我

 　　台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

　　By an ultimate irony¹, these self-promoters aren't trying to alienate² us. They are laboring³ under the touching⁴ but seriously misguided impression that we will like them more for their success.

　　最讽刺的是，这些自我膨胀并不是试着要让自己显得高人一等。他们努力表现自我，因为他们误以为这样会让自己更受欢迎。

　　如何表现自我

　　学习重点：

　　1.irony 讽刺

　　irony (n.) 讽刺

　　ironic⁵ (adj.) 讽刺的

　　iron (n.) 铁、熨斗

　　2.promoter 助长者

　　promoter (n.) 助长者

　　promote (v.) 晋升

　　3.alienate 疏远

　　alienate (v.) 疏远

　　alien (adj.) 外国的

　　4.impression 印象

　　impression (n.) 印象

　　impress (v.) 使... 印象深刻

　　impressive (adj.) 令人印象深刻的

1 irony   

n.反语，冷嘲；具有讽刺意味的事，嘲弄

参考例句：

• She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
• In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。

2 alienate   

vt.使疏远，离间；转让(财产等)

参考例句：

• His attempts to alienate the two friends failed because they had complete faith.他离间那两个朋友的企图失败了，因为他们彼此完全信任。
• We'd better not alienate ourselves from the colleagues.我们最好还是不要与同事们疏远。

3 laboring   

n.劳动，操劳v.努力争取(for)( labor的现在分词 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转

参考例句：

• The young man who said laboring was beneath his dignity finally put his pride in his pocket and got a job as a kitchen porter. 那个说过干活儿有失其身份的年轻人最终只能忍辱，做了厨房搬运工的工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• But this knowledge did not keep them from laboring to save him. 然而，这并不妨碍她们尽力挽救他。 来自飘（部分）

4 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

5 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。