最近我們這正在招聘新的制作人。來面試的人很多,其中有個女的,她的簡歷特別好,但是面試過程不太順利。她不停吹噓自己得了多少多少獎,做過多少獨家訪談,有什么新奇的創(chuàng)意什么的。所有面試官都認為她的性格不合適這份工作,這也讓我想到了一句習慣用語。那就是: full of oneself。
如果我們說一個人full of oneself, 意思就是他特別自以為是。就像上面我提到的這個來面試的人: all the boasting she did led the interviewers to conclude that she was full of herself.
她不停吹噓自己,讓面試官都覺得她特別自大。太自以為是的人確實很難成為團隊的一員。下面的例子里就要談到這樣一個人。我們來聽聽看:
例句-1:It can't be denied that Donald Trump is extremely successful in the business world. Through his many investments and ownership of luxurious properties, he's worth about $2.9 billion. Still, his critics think he's incredibly full of himself. Maybe he wouldn't be so great if he weren't conceited?!
這段話是說: 無可否認的是,特朗普在商業(yè)界確實非常成功。通過各種投資和他所擁有的眾多豪華地產(chǎn),他的身價已經(jīng)達到了近29億美元。不過,批評人士仍然認為他過于高傲自大?;蛟S如果不是這樣的話,他也不會有今天的成功吧?
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對啊! 我想很多人都看過特朗普的真人電視秀《學徒》。在節(jié)目中,20名年輕男女爭奪為他工作的機會。如果他們失敗了,他就會告訴他們:"你被解雇了!" 在我看來,這并不是真正的娛樂節(jié)目。簡直就是他自我炫耀的機器!
自大的人當然很讓人討厭,可是世界上也有很多與此相反的人,讓我們來聽聽下面這 個例子:
例句-2:Cheryl and I almost didn't go on a first date. That's because my ex-girlfriend lied about me to her and said that I was full of myself. Luckily, Cheryl didn't listen to her. After meeting me, she decided that I was actually not self-important at all. So we started going out and now are thinking about getting married.
這段話是說:謝麗兒和我?guī)缀鯖]見面,就錯過了彼此。這是因為我的前女友告訴她說我特別自大。幸好謝麗兒沒有聽她的話。與我見面之后,她覺得我其實并不是那種自我膨脹的人,然后我們開始約會,現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)開始考慮結(jié)婚了。
幸好這個謝麗兒是個思想開放的人。有些人人云亦云,聽到別人怎么說就會怎么做,也就導致了無法改變的刻板印象。幸好上面這對情侶沒有就此錯過!