【迷你小對話】
A: I’m so relieved Prof. Davis is letting me re-take my final exam. Because I was sick, I expected her to fail me.
B: Wow! That’s magnanimous of her. She really went out of her way to help you.
A: Davis教授給了我一次期末重考的機會,我真是大松一口氣。本來我病了沒能參加考試,還以為她會給我不及格呢。
B: 哇!那她可真夠寬宏大量的。她顯然是在特意幫你。
【語言點精講】
relieved: 寬慰的;愁云盡掃的。
expect: 期待;預料。
magnanimous: 寬宏大量的;高尚的(尤指對競爭者、敵人等)。
go out of one’s way: 特地;越出常規(guī)地。