迷你对话学地道口语第384期:太糟糕了

　　迷你对话
A: I hear your sister has had an accident, is it true?
我听说你姐姐出事了，真的吗？
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.
万幸她伤得不重。
对话精讲
核心短语】a crying shame
解词释义】shame指的是“使人惋惜，羞耻的事情，太过分的事情”，而crying则是形容期程度之深。
典型范例1】 It's a crying shame when someone has worked hard and then loses everything because of someone else's dishonesty.
一个人努力工作，然后后来却因为他人的欺骗而使得自己丢失财产，这真是太糟了。
典型范例2】It's a crying shame when an enterprise¹ is left in the hands of incompetent² fools.
一种企业放在不会经营的冤大头手里是真可惜又可叹！
典型范例3】 It's a crying shame that she treats their children in this way.
他们对待子女的做法真是太不像话了。
典型范例4】It's a crying shame to waste all that food.
浪费那么多食物，真是太不像话了。

1 enterprise   

n.企业单位，商业公司，事业，计划

参考例句：

• They are determined to carry forward the enterprise.他们决心把事业进行下去。
• The enterprise has excellent prospects.这家企业的远景极其美好。

2 incompetent   

adj.无能力的，不能胜任的

参考例句：

• He is utterly incompetent at his job.他完全不能胜任他的工作。
• He is incompetent at working with his hands.他动手能力不行。