瘋狂英語口語絕招 第十一招 失望的你

瘋狂英語口語絕招 第十一招 失望的你

Disappointment

因?yàn)橄Ｍ?，所以才會失望。失望仿佛一杯苦咖啡，雖然不像快樂與滿足那么甜美，但較之悲傷和痛苦，已是強(qiáng)得多了。品一品，沒準(zhǔn)還能咂摸出獨(dú)特的清香呢!

Key Words

關(guān)鍵詞

bad, disappointed, disappointing, disappointment, disgruntled, expect, hope, pity, regret, regrettable, shame, vain, wish

The Most Common Expressions

最常用表達(dá)法

What a pity! Everything went up in smoke.

真可惜!一切都灰飛煙滅了。

What a shame! All my efforts turned out to be in vain.

真是太糟糕了!我所有的努力都白費(fèi)了。

I keep drawing a blank. That's a real let down.

我的希望一直落空，這真叫人失望。

That's the last thing I would expect.

那是我最不希望發(fā)生的事。

How disappointing! I expected it to be much better.

真令人失望!我原指望會比這個結(jié)果好得多。

Their suggestion wasn't that good.

他們的建議并不怎么樣。

I'm disappointed in you. I wish you hadn't done that.

我對你很失望，我多希望你沒有這么做。

Oh, dear! I was hoping for a chance to enjoy the opera.

哦，天哪!我原希望有機(jī)會欣賞這場歌劇的。

Too bad! He's not at all how I'd imagined.

太糟了!他完全不是我想象的那個樣子。

[ 模仿最準(zhǔn)確、發(fā)音最到位、速度最流利;“三最一口氣”背誦記錄時間：38〞]

The Informal Expressions

非正式場合表達(dá)法

It's a real pity. I was looking forward to it.

真的很遺憾，我原本對此抱有很大希望。

It's a shame that we couldn't go.

我們不能去，真倒霉。

Much to our chagrin, you've done it again.

令我們遺憾的是，你又這么做了。

Why do these photo-booth photos always come out so bad?

為什么這些快照相片都這么糟?

Okay, time for a cigarette. Oh, damn! It's no-smoking time.

好啦，該抽根煙了。哦，倒霉!現(xiàn)在是禁煙時間。

Uh-oh! They sent my resume back.

哎呀!他們把我的簡歷退回來了。

Oh, no! I failed! I thought I'd done well.

啊，糟了!我落榜了，我以為我做得不錯。

I can't tell you how crushed I am by your decision to quit.

你要辭職，我真說不出有多失望。

The play wasn't as good as I thought it would be. The performance could have been better. I'm pretty disgruntled.

這出戲不如我預(yù)想的那么好，表演本可以更精彩的，我非常不滿意。

[ 模仿最準(zhǔn)確、發(fā)音最到位、速度最流利;“三最一口氣”背誦記錄時間：43〞]

The Formal Expressions

正式場合表達(dá)法

Your work is falling short of my expectations. I don't think you should forget your responsibility.

你的工作真令我失望，我認(rèn)為你不該忘了自己的職責(zé)。

The result has certainly come short of what I expected.

這個結(jié)果確實(shí)令我大失所望。

I must say I had hoped to meet your manager.

我得說我原希望見你們經(jīng)理的。

I have to say I'm very disappointed. It was supposed to be ready last week.

我得說我很失望。這件事上星期就應(yīng)該做好的。

To my great disappointment, they changed their mind and called off the negotiations.

令我大失所望的是，他們改變了主意，中止了談判。

It is regrettable that we've missed the chance to cooperate with your company.

很遺憾，我們失去了與貴公司合作的機(jī)會。

We have held up our company in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Today we have to declare bankruptcy.

每每有一線希望，我們就支撐著公司的運(yùn)作，但是這一切都是徒勞的。今天，我們不得不宣布破產(chǎn)。

We can only regret that, contrary to historical facts and the essential principles of the Charter of the United Nations, we had to fight so long to achieve this. This again confirms the fact that the Charter, with its principles and purposes may not be infringed.

我們只是感到遺憾，我們不得不為達(dá)到此目標(biāo)而長期奮戰(zhàn)，這有悖于史實(shí)及《聯(lián)合國憲章》的基本原則。這進(jìn)一步證明，《聯(lián)合國憲章》及其原則與目標(biāo)是不該受到侵犯的。

[ 模仿最準(zhǔn)確、發(fā)音最到位、速度最流利;“三最一口氣”背誦記錄時間：1'04〞]

Dialogue

對話

A: You went to see the drama yesterday, didn't you? How was it?

你昨天去看話劇了，是嗎?怎么樣啊?

B: It wasn't worth seeing. I didn't understand what they were talking about.

不值一看。我不明白他們在說什么。

A: It was said to be a wonderful drama produced in cooperation with people from Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea.

據(jù)說這是一部與中國香港、日本及韓國成功合作而成的話劇。

B: That's the reason why I could hardly understand it. Sometimes they spoke Mandarin, sometimes Cantonese, sometimes Japanese, and sometimes Korean. What a mess!

正因?yàn)槿绱?，我才看不懂。他們一會兒說普通話，一會兒說廣州話，一會兒說日語，一會兒又說韓語，真是一團(tuán)糟!

A: How interesting! I was hoping for a chance to enjoy the drama. But I had to prepare for an examination.

那多有意思啊!我原本指望有機(jī)會去看的，但是我得準(zhǔn)備考試。

B: Luckily you didn't. It was a waste of time. I could have read more books at home.

幸虧你沒去。那是浪費(fèi)時間。我本可以在家多看些書的。

Sentence Structure

增值句型

[句型1]

that引導(dǎo)的從句

I was hoping... +

to引導(dǎo)的動詞不定式

例：I was hoping that you would stay with us for Christmas.

我本希望你能同我們一起過圣誕節(jié)的。

Oh, dear, I was hoping to see him.

哦，天哪!我原希望見到他本人的。

[句型2]

that引導(dǎo)的從句

I had expected... +

賓語 + to引導(dǎo)的動詞不定式

例：I had expected that the boss would raise my pay.

我原以為老板會給我加薪。

I must say I had expected her to help us.

我得說，我原指望她能幫助我們的。

[句型3]

I didn't expect... + that引導(dǎo)的從句

例：I didn't expect that he should have failed.

沒想到他會失敗。

[句型4]

I had been so much looking forward to... + 名詞性短語

例：I had been so much looking forward to a wonderful party.

我原來是多么地盼望一場精彩的晚會啊!

[句型5]

I'm disappointed/dissatisfied... + 介詞with引導(dǎo)的短語

例：I'm disappointed with my job.

我對自己的工作很失望。

Useful Phrases

表達(dá)口頭禪

It's a real pity!

真的很可惜!

What a disappointment!

太叫人失望了!

I don't think much of his idea.

我覺得他的主意并不高明。

Just our luck!

真是倒霉!

Oh, no! It can't be true.

哦，不!這不是真的。

I've never felt so let down before.

我以前從未這樣失望過