迷你對話學地道口語第964期:臉皮薄
第一, 迷你對話
A: Why are you so interested in the girl?
你爲什麼對那個女孩那麼感興趣。
B: I’d like to take her to the party.
我想帶她去參加晚會。
A: She has a thin skin. I bet she will not go out with you.
她臉皮薄,我打賭她不會和你出去。
B: You just wait and see.
你就等着瞧吧。
第二, 地道表達
have a thin skin
1. 解詞釋義
Have a thin skin中的a thin skin表示“臉皮薄”的意思,have a thin skin的意思爲“愛面子”。
2. 拓展範例
e.g. She didn’t speak loudly because she had a thin skin.
她臉皮子薄,說話聲不大。
e.g. And she had a thin skin with new people, just like he is.
她見了生人就臉皮子薄 ,與他一樣。
e.g. We thought he was unfriendly until we learned that he had a thin skin.
本來我們認爲他不友好,後來才知道他是害羞。