详解实用对话
Regret
Mary:Hi, Tony. You look unhappy. What’s wrong?
Tony:Oh, Mary. I made a big mistake.
Mary:What happened?
Tony:I really wish? I hadn’t done it.
Mary:What on earth? are you talking about?
Tony:I got caught cheating. I feel so ashamed. The teacher saw me and told me I failed.
Mary:What were you thinking?
Tony:You know my father. If I fail, he’ll kill me. I have to do well.
Mary:But what you should do is study hard.
Tony:I know…I know…it’s all my fault. I feel awful that I didn’t study, and I cheated, and I got caught.
Mary:So long as you learn from your mistakes.
Tony:I know. I feel like a failure. My father is going to be so disappointed when he finds out what I’ve done.
后悔
玛丽:嗨,托尼。你看起来不高兴。怎么了?
托尼:哦,玛丽。我犯了个大错。
玛丽:发生什么事了?
托尼:我真希望我没那么做。
玛丽:你究竟在说什么呢?
托尼:我考试作弊被抓了。我感觉太丢人了。老师看见我了,还告诉我这次考试不及格了。
玛丽:你想什么呢?
托尼:你知道我爸爸的。我要是考试不及格,他会杀了我的。我必须得考好才行。
玛丽:可是你应该做的是好好学习啊。
托尼:我知道…我知道…都是我的错。我不学习,还作弊,结果还被抓了,这真是太糟了。
玛丽:只要你吸取教训就好了。
托尼:我知道。我觉得自己太失败了。我爸爸要是知道我做了些什么的话,他一定会很失望的。
详细解说
?“wish”后面所接的宾语从句要使用虚拟语气结构——⑴表示对现在情况的虚拟:从句中谓语动词要用“动词过去式或were”;⑵表示对过去情况的虚拟:从句中谓语动词要用“had + 动词过去分词”;⑶表示对将来情况的虚拟:从句中谓语动词要用“would/could + 动词原形”。例如:I wish I knew the answer.(我希望我知道答案。)I wish I hadn't said that.(我希望我没讲过那样的话。)I wish it would rain tomorrow.(我希望明天下雨就好了。)需要注意的是,在表示对过去情况的虚拟时,从句中的谓语动词有时也可以用“would/could + have + 过去分词”,例如:I wish I could have seen her last night.(要是我昨天晚上能够见到她该多好。)
?“on earth”的意思是“究竟,到底”。
单词
? cheat v. 作弊,欺骗
ashamed a. 惭愧的,羞耻的
fail v. 失败,不及格
awful a. 糟糕的
failure n. 失败,失败者
disappointed a. 失望的