第一， 迷你对话

A: Why are you so interested in the girl?

你为什么对那个女孩那么感兴趣。

B: I’d like to take her to the party.

我想带她去参加晚会。

A: She has a thin skin. I bet she will not go out with you.

她脸皮薄，我打赌她不会和你出去。

B: You just wait and see.

你就等着瞧吧。

第二， 地道表达

have a thin skin

1. 解词释义

Have a thin skin中的a thin skin表示“脸皮薄”的意思，have a thin skin的意思为“爱面子”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. She didn’t speak loudly because she had a thin skin.

她脸皮子薄，说话声不大。

e.g. And she had a thin skin with new people, just like he is.

她见了生人就脸皮子薄 ，与他一样。

e.g. We thought he was unfriendly until we learned that he had a thin skin.

本来我们认为他不友好，后来才知道他是害羞。