A:Hi, Tony. You look unhappy. What's wrong?嗨,托尼,你看起來不高興。怎么了?
B:Oh, Steven, I made a big mistake.哦,史蒂文,我犯了個大錯。
A:What happened?發(fā)生什么事了?
B:I really wish I hadn’t done it.我真希望我沒那么做。
A:What on earth are you talking about?你究竟在說什么呢?
B:I got caught cheating. I feel so ashamed. The teacher saw me and told me I failed.我考試作弊被抓了,我感覺太丟人了。老師看見我了,還告訴我這次考試不及格了。
A:What were you thinking?你怎么想呢?
B:You know my father. If I fail, he'll kill me. I have to do well.你知道我爸爸的,我要是考試不及格,他會殺了我的。我必須得考好才行。
A:But what you should do is study hard.可是你應(yīng)該做的是好好學(xué)習(xí)啊。
B:I know...I know...it's all my fault. I feel awful that I didn’t study, and I cheated, and I got caught.我知道……我知道……都是我的錯。我不學(xué)習(xí),還作弊,結(jié)果還被抓了,這真是太糟了。
A:So long as you learn from your mistakes.只要你吸取教訓(xùn)就好了。