PETS－2语法讲解(301)

Hold your head high.
　　我们常听说：钱可以输掉，但自尊是不可输的，穷人也要穷得有自尊，所以我们常鼓励人家说要抬起头做人，英文可以说：Hold your head high (抬高你的头)，即是叫人家保持自尊/自信。或者鼓励别人说：Be proud (有自尊心) / Feel good about yourself (自我感觉良好) 。
　　对 话
　　Shawn: You always seem so confident, what's your secret?
　　Gordon: You have to feel great about yourself. Be proud and believe in yourself.
　　Shawn: What about the way I look?
　　Gordon: Throw your chest out and hold your head high. Look like you know where you're going.
　　Shawn: Like this? I'll give it a try. (Walks two or three steps and trips and falls in a heap on the floor)
　　尚伟：你时常都能保持自信，秘诀是什么？
　　戈登：你要觉得自己很棒，要自豪和信任自己。
　　尚伟：那我的外表需如何？
　　戈登：挺起胸膛，抬高头，看来知道自己要去哪儿。
　　尚伟：像这样子吗？我来试试看 (走了两三步便倒下来)。
　　戈登说，要经常显得自信，有一个办法：Hold your head high and believe in yourself。
　　Believe somebody/something和believe in somebody/something有什么分别？按believe somebody/something是‘相信某人说的一些话’或‘相信一些话、报导等’；believe in somebody/something则是‘信任某人’或‘相信某事物的存在或价值’，例如(1) He said he had no money, and I believed him.（他说他没有钱，我相信了他的话）。(2) I told him to take charge, for I believed in him.（我叫他负责一切，因为我信任他）。第一句表示相信他‘我没有钱’的话，第二句则表示信任他这个人。He believes in God.（他相信有上帝）、I don't believe in jogging（我不相信慢跑有益身体）等，那in字都不可略去；The police did not believe his statement.（警方不相信他的供述）一语，则不可加in字。
　　Hold your head high是‘抬起头来’，常用来说自信、自尊或不屈，例如：(1) Fate has dealt him a cruel blow, but he holds his head high.（他虽然受到命运的残酷打击，却毫不气馁）。(2) His conscience was clear, and awaited trial with his head held high.（他没有做亏心事，等候审讯期间没有丝毫愧色）。
　　假如你因羞愧、尴尬等抬不起头来，那英文叫做to hang your head，例如：The puppy hung its head in guilt when I chided it for damaging the carpet.（小狗见我斥责牠损毁了地毯，很内疚的垂下头来）。