英語口語王想聊就聊(昂秀)topics-5.4.11 安慰

4.11 Console 安慰

W: Why do you look so gloomy? What are you looking for?

M: My dissertation. I put it somewhere last night and I can't find it now.

W: Did you finish typing yesterday?

M: Yes, I kept on typing it until midnight, but it is lost.

W: Don't worry about it. It must be somewhere in your room. Let's see where you put it. Have you searched your drawers and the desk?

M: Yes, but there is nothing inside the drawers or on the desk.

W: How about the shelf?

M: I've searched everywhere. Where on earth did I put it?

W: Don't get upset over it. At least you have another week to go.

M: I have been working on it for a whole month and it's too late to write another. Just think of all my hard work that goes for nothing. How could I do such a thing?

W: Cheer up! What I meant was that you can find it sometime during a week. There is no need to write a new one. Oh, what's this? Is this your dissertation?

M: Let me see. Yes, that's it. Where did you find it?

W: You’ve put it among these journals.

M: My poor memory. Thank you very much.

譯：

W：你怎么看起來這么沮喪？在找什么呢？

M：我的學位論文，我昨天晚上把它放在某個地方，現(xiàn)在找不到了。

W：你昨天把它打完了嗎？

M：是的，我一直打到半夜，但現(xiàn)在它不見了。

W：別擔心，它肯定是在你房間的某個地方，我們來看看你可能把它放到哪兒，你找過抽屜和桌子了嗎？

M：是的，但抽屜里和桌子上都沒有。

W：架子上呢？

M：我哪兒都找遍了，我到底把它放到哪兒呢？

W：別煩，至少你還有一個星期呢。

M：我已經(jīng)花了整整一個月的時間在這上面，現(xiàn)在再寫一篇太遲了，想想我的努力毫無結果，我怎么能干這種事？

W：高興點，我的意思是你在這周內(nèi)一定能找到它，沒有必要寫篇新的。噢，這是什么？這是你的畢業(yè)論文嗎？

M：讓我瞧瞧，是的，就是它。你在哪兒找到的？

W：你把它和這些期刊放在一起了。

M：我的記性真差，太謝謝你了。

1． 固定搭配“finish + doing sth.”表示“完成某事”。

2． 詞組“on earth”意思是“究竟，到底”。

3． 習慣用語“go for nothing”意思是“竹籃子打水一場空，到頭來什么也沒得到”，也作“勞而無功”講。