A:Steven, would you like to go dance with us tonight?史蒂文,今晚和 我們一起去跳舞怎么樣?
B:John, I am just not in the mood for this.約翰,我現(xiàn)在沒那個(gè)心情。
A:You look so upset. What's going on?你看起來(lái)很沮喪,怎么回事?
B:I lost the table tennis game yesterday.昨天在乒乓球比賽中,我輸了 。
A:Oh, what a pity!噢,真遺憾!
B:I just don’t want to play table tennis any more.我不想再打乒乓球了。
A:Is it that bad? It’s nothing more than a game.有那么糟糕嗎?不過(guò) 是輸?shù)粢粓?chǎng)比賽而已。
B:My opponent bowled me with the very first ball. I was wondering if it's appropriate for me to play table tennis.我的對(duì)手一球就把我淘汰了 ,我在想可能我不太適合打乒乓球吧。
A:Oh, come on! Failure is the mother of success. Don’t lose heart. I'm sure you'll succeed.噢,別這樣!失敗是成功之母。不要灰心,我相信 你一定會(huì)成功的。
B:Perhaps you are right. But I still need some time to recover from the failure.或許你說(shuō)的對(duì)。但是我仍然需要時(shí)間從失敗中恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái)。
A:I understand.我能理解你。