每日地道英語口語:take for granted

Take for granted是一句地道的英語口語，意思是to expect someone to always be there and do things for you even when you do not show that you are grateful，即「認為……理所當然」、「想當然」的意思。下面看幾個例子：

Oral English

1. Don't take for granted what others do for you. You should be grateful. 不要把別人為你做的事情當作理所當然，你應該心懷感激。

2. Never take it for granted that investment will definitely make money. 不要想當然認為投資一定會賺錢。

表示「想當然」的詞組還有assume和on assumptions。例如：1. We assumed that the team would win the game. 我們想當然那個隊伍會贏得比賽。 2. You cannot act on assumptions. 你不能想當然辦事。

Oral English

很多網友應該看過《當幸福來敲門》這部高分電影，電影裡也有出現這句短語，當時主人公Chris和他的兒子一起上門拜訪客戶，對話如下：

take for granted

當幸福來敲門takeforgranted

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Chris：...and I just wanna take this opportunity to say thank you for your time. I know you probably waited for me. 我就是想借這個機會跟您道謝，謝謝您抽時間。我知道您當時可能在等我。

Ribbon：Little bit. 只等了一會兒。

Chris: I want you to know that I do not take that for granted. 我想讓您知道我沒有把它當作理所當然的意思。

Ribbon：Oh, come on... 噢，沒事沒事……

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