职场英语学习:Reacting to news对他人坏消息的回应Reacting to news:上一节学习的是发生了不幸的是,比如对方的亲人生病住院啊去世等等,这一节学习假如对方发生了比较糟糕,另人沮丧的事,亨利考试没通过,克莱尔安慰他,但是亨利还是很沮丧,于是克莱尔答应帮助他。 请看下面的英语对话。 Clare: Hi, Henry. How are things?
克莱尔:嗨,亨利,近来好吗? Henry: Oh. . . Just so so. . . How about you?
亨利:哦,就那样吧。 你呢? Clare: Ok. . . Nothing special. But you look really worried. Is there anything wrong?
克莱尔:哦,没什么特别的。 但你看起来很忧虑,出什么事儿了? Henry: Yeah, I just got back the results on the exam. I can't believe it! I did terribly. I don't know what happened.
亨利:是的,我刚拿回来考试的成绩。 我真不敢相信! 我做得遭透了。 我不知道怎么会这样。 Clare: Look, Henry, that's not surprising. It happens to a lot of people. Don't worry about it.
克莱尔:看,亨利,那没什么大不了的,很多人都遇到过,别难过。 Henry: Don't worry about it? How can you say that? I can't apply to college with a score like that! I have to take the exam over.
亨利:不要难受了? 你怎么能这样说? 我总不能拿这样的分数申请大学吧。 我必须通过这个考试。 Clare: Listen, if it makes you feel any better, I went through the same thing.
克莱尔:听我说,我遇到过遥的情况,如果这样能使你觉得好受一点的话。 Henry: You did? You mean you got terrible results the first time?
亨利:你? 你的意思是说你头一回也考得很糟? Clare: Yeah. Look, you have to practice these tests. You have to get used to the type of questions. It's just practive, believe me.
克莱尔:是的。 你看,对付这种考试,你需要练习,熟悉题型。 相信我,你需要的只是训练。 Henry: But I still feel really depressed.