职场英语口语：我真希望自己当时没那么做

Mary：

Hi, Tony. You look unhappy. What’s wrong?

嗨，托尼。你看起来不高兴。怎么了?

Tony：

Oh, Mary. I made a big mistake.

哦，玛丽。我犯了个大错。

Mary：

What happened?

发生什么事了?

Tony：

I really wish I hadn’t done it.

我真希望我没那么做。

Mary：

What on earth? are you talking about?

你究竟在说什么呢?

Tony：

I got caught cheating. I feel so ashamed. The teacher saw me and told me I failed.

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。

Mary：

What were you thinking?

你想什么呢?

Tony：

You know my father. If I fail, he’ll kill me. I have to do well.

你知道我爸爸的。我要是考试不及格，他会杀了我的。我必须得考好才行。

Mary：

But what you should do is study hard.

可是你应该做的是好好学习啊。

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.

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。

Mary：

So long as you learn from your mistakes.

只要你吸取教训就好了。

Tony：

I know. I feel like a failure. My father is going to be so disappointed when he finds out what I’ve done.

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。