Dialouge：

A: Tom won the first place in the contest.

汤姆在竞赛中得了第一。

B: No wonder he is rising far above himself.

怪不得他有点得意忘形。

A: His parents will be pleased when they know the news.

他的父母得知这个消息也会很高兴的。

B: Sure.

可不是。

词海拾贝：

rise above oneself

exp. To act in a conceited manner. （得意忘形，自鸣得意）

e.g. The success of his first novel completely makde him rise above himself.

他第一部小说很成功, 便得意忘形了。

e.g. His rises above himslef by even a small achievement.

他这个人有了一点成绩就得意忘形。

e.g. You've raised above yourself these days—the rest of us have opinions worth hearing, too, you know!

你这些日子太自以为是了——你知道吧，我们其他人的意见也是值得听的。

e.g. She’s rising a bit above herself. She’s only been working for me for two weeks and already she’s telling me what to do!

她有点自以为是——她才为我工作两个星期，就已经在告诉我该做什么了!

三， 语汇积累

1. in the contest：在比赛中，在竞赛中

e.g. His poem won the first prize in the contest.

他的诗作在比赛中获得第一名。

e.g. What I want to know is who came first in the contest.

我想知道的是比赛谁得第一名。

2. win the first place：获得第一名

e.g. Hearing Msry win the first place finally, we all jumped with joy.

听到Mary最后获得了第一名，我们都高兴得跳起来了。

e.g. I didn't expect to win the first place in the competition.

我没想到会在比赛中获得第一名的。