跟艾米莉一起學口語 第512期:發(fā)音講解:“自吹自擂”

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A:You told me that John likes to boast about his capability.

你告訴我約翰喜歡自吹自擂。

B: Yes. He always talks about things that are beyond his reach.

是的，他總是談論他辦不到的事情。

A: But when I went to ask him to help me, he kept on poor-mouthing himself.

但是我去叫他幫我，他卻很“謙虛”。

發(fā)音講解

boast about /bəʊs dəˈbaʊt/

talks about /'tɔ:k səˈbaʊt/

When I /we naɪ/

kept on /kep dɑ:n/

對話解析

boast /bəʊst/ 自吹自擂；以有...而自豪

解釋：If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own,they talk about it very proudly,in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.

He's boasting about how much money he has made.

他在吹噓自己賺了多少錢。

She is always boasting about how wonderful her children are.

她總是在夸耀她孩子多么出色。

I don't want to boast,but I can actually speak six languages.

我不是吹噓，但是我確實會說六種語言。

poor-mouth 裝窮酸；哭窮

Don't poor-mouth to me,I have your number.

不要向我哭窮，我知道你的底細。

（這里的number不是指號碼；在非正式用法下，number有“對某人心中有數(shù)，摸透某人底”的意思，“Judy had always had his number”,朱迪總是能看透他）。

beyond one's reach

力所不及；無法達到；超出..的能力范圍

I'm sorry,but it's really beyond my reach,I can't help you.

很抱歉，這真的在我能力范圍以外，我?guī)筒涣四恪?/p>

My mother used to keep the kitchen utensils beyond my reach when I was a little child.

在我還小的時候，母親總是把炊具放在我夠不著的地方。

（utensil/ju:ˈtensl/，表示（家庭）用具；器皿。比如碗，蒸鍋，平底鍋等）。

I find salemanship is beyond my reach.

我發(fā)現(xiàn)推銷超過我的能力范圍。