【句子】-- Why are you swimming in your clothes?
-- Because I'm self-conscious about my body. 【ModernFamilyS3E13】
【发音】/waɪ/ /ɑː(r)/ /juː/ /ˈswɪm.ɪŋ/ /ɪn/ /jə(r)/ /kləʊðz/
/bɪˈkɑːz/ /aɪm/ /ˌselfˈkɒn.ʃəs/ /ˌselfˈkɑːn.ʃəs/ /əˈbaʊt/ /maɪ/ /ˈbɒd.i/ /ˈbɑː.di/
【发音技巧】Because I'm连读;about my不完全爆破;
【翻译】-- 你怎么穿着衣服游泳啊?
-- 因为我觉得自己身材不好,不好意思穿泳裤出来。
【适用场合】
今天我们来学习一下这个短语,叫做be self-conscious about sth.
这个短语的意思是:“意识到某个事情;觉察到某件事情;对某件事情感觉到很扭捏、不自然、难为情;很在意自己的形象或者别人对自己的看法”;
feel nervous or embarrassed about your appearance or what other people think of you
eg: He's always been self-conscious about being so short.
他一直很介意自己个子低这件事情。
eg: Beth was self-conscious about being shorter than her two friends.
贝思很介意自己比她的两个朋友矮这件事。
eg: Jack was not in the least self-conscious about his weight.
杰克一点也不在乎他的体重。
eg: Patrick is self-conscious about his thinness.
帕特里克对自己瘦弱的身材感到十分介意。
eg: She becomes self-conscious about getting older.
她对于自己要逐渐变老这事儿非常耿耿于怀。
【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】
She's very self-conscious about her figure.