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She was really beautiful.
她真是很漂亮
Then I think, um.
然后我就想
why am I doing all this? I'm not that vain.
为什么我要做那个 那都是无用功
What does Dr. Wayne say?
韦恩博士说了什么
Nothing.
什么也没说
Except tell me more about that.
除了"再和我谈谈这些"
I'm still dying to try it.
我至死都会去尝试
I'm pretty sure Dr. Wayne tried to
我肯定韦恩博士天天都想
look down my neckline everyday.
看我的领口
He sits behind me.
他坐在我后面
And as far as I'm concerned, as
只要男人那样看着我
long as men looked at that way.
我就能立刻察觉
I'm earning my keep.
我渴望吸引他们炽热的眼光
Then every once in a while,
但偶尔
I think.
我觉得
No.
不对
This is something else.
这是我心理的阴暗面
I don't want my husband to see this.
我不想让我丈夫看见
I love to be looked at that way.
我也喜欢被那么注视
You should get out of here.
你该走了
Nap time is about to end.
午休时间快结束了
Well, I'm just glad you're okay.
看到你没事 我真高兴
重点讲解
一.vain:adj. 自负的,徒劳的,无效的,虚荣的
【短语词组】
in vain 徒然,白费
take someone's name in vain 滥用某人名义
take sb's name in vain 滥用某人的名字
labor in vain 徒劳
vain as a peacock 孔雀般地炫耀自己
take the name of God in ... 赌咒发假誓;诅咒骂人
for vain 徒劳地;徒然
be vain of 对 ... 很自负
【例句用法】
1.They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain.
他们尽量使她快乐,却徒劳无功。
2.She is vain of her voice.
她自以为她的声音了不起。
3.He tried in vain to catch the butterfly on the flower.
他白费力气想抓住停在花上的蝴蝶。
4.All his father's exhortations were in vain.
他父亲的一切劝告都无效。
5.She is vain and foolish, and yet people like her.
她自负而愚蠢,然而人们喜欢她。
二.concern:n. 关心,关心的事,忧虑 vt. 涉及,影响,关心 n. 公司,企业
【词语用法】
so far as ... is/are concerned,as far as ... is/are concerned,so far as concerns和as concerns都是就...而言的意思。注意后两种表达中concerns用复数不用单数;concern to后加不同动词有不同目的。
He was concerned to hear of her ill health.
to hear表示原因
He was concerned to improve her health.
to improve表示目的
concern后加不同介词时,表示不同意思。
He was concerned about the matter.
他为了这件事关心或担心。
He was concerned in the matter.
他参与了这件事。
He was concerned with the matter.
他跟这件事有关。
be concerned with常与concern意思相同,concerned with常与concerning意思相同。下面两句子意思一样:
The story is concerned with a national hero.
The story concerns a national hero.
这个故事牵涉到一个民族英雄。
concerned等于that is concerned或who are concerned,如everybody concerned (每个有关的人),all concerned (有关各方) 和the department concerned (有关部门)。注意that is不可写出;your concern for me意为你对于我的关怀,your concern over me 意为你对于我的担心;
To whom it may concern或To Whom It May Concern用在不指明收信者是谁的信里,当作称呼语。这种信通常没有Yours,turely等信尾客套语。
【词义辨析】
1.affair, business, matter, concern, thing,
affair: 含义较广,侧重指已发生或必须去做的任何事情或事务。复数形式多指重大或较复杂的事务。
business: 通常指较重要或较难而又必须承担的事情,也可指商事。
matter: 普通用词,着重指一件考虑中的或需要处理的事。
concern: 往往强调与个人或团体利害有直接或重大关系的事。
thing: 用作事情解时,词义较笼统、含糊,多用于指不很具体的事。
2.anxiety, worry, care, concern,
anxiety: 指对预料中的不祥之事的焦虑。
worry: 侧重对未知事态演变的忧虑。
care: 强调因出于责任感或顾虑等而产生的不安。
concern: 作关心用时,是indifference(冷漠)的反义词,侧重对他人健康安全等的关心,也可暗示对困难、危险或失败等的忧虑。