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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 enterprise is left in the hands of incompetent 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。