英語口語練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第384期:太糟糕了
A: I hear your sister has had an accident, is it true?
我聽說你姐姐出事了，真的嗎?
B: Yeah, it happened a year ago.
是的，那是一周前的事情了。
A: That’s a crying shame. It really is!
真是太糟了。
B: Fortunately , she’s not seriously injured.
萬幸她傷得不重。
對(duì)話精講
【核心短語】a crying shame
【解詞釋義】shame指的是“使人惋惜，羞恥的事情，太過分的事情”，而crying則是形容期程度之深。
【典型范例1】 It's a crying shame when someone has worked hard and then loses everythingbecause of someone else's dishonesty.
一個(gè)人努力工作，然后后來卻因?yàn)樗说钠垓_而使得自己丟失財(cái)產(chǎn)，這真是太糟了。
【典型范例2】It's a crying shame when an enterprise is left in the hands of incompetent fools.
一種企業(yè)放在不會(huì)經(jīng)營的冤大頭手里是真可惜又可嘆!
【典型范例3】 It's a crying shame that she treats their children in this way.
他們對(duì)待子女的做法真是太不像話了。
【典型范例4】It's a crying shame to waste all that food.
浪費(fèi)那么多食物，真是太不像話了。
