Showing Sympathy (Part 2 of 5) 表達同情
EXPRESS YOURSELF: Showing Sympathy (Part 2 of 5) 表達同情

Here are a few phrases for expressing sympathy to friends or family in sad or difficult situations:　　* That's too bad.　　
* That's a shame. 　　
* What a pity!　　
* Tough break.　　
* Better luck next time. 　　
* I'm sorry to hear that. 　　
* It must be pretty rough on you. 　　
* I can imagine how bad you must feel. 　　
* I sympathize with you.

此處為一些對朋友或家人在遭遇憂傷或困難的情況時，向其表達同情心的一些句子：　　
* 那真是太糟糕了。　　
* 真令人惋惜。　　
* 多可惜啊！　　
* 真倒霉。　　
* 下次祝你好運。　　
* 聽到這個消息，我真為你感到難過。　　
* 對你來講一定很不好受，我可以想像你會多麼難受。　　
* 我很同情你的處境。

Conversation 1
Jackie: Good morning, Irene. How was the violin contest yesterday? Did you win a prize?
Irene: Oh, Jackie, it was awful! One of my violin strings broke right in the middle of the Haydn piece. I felt so embarrassed. Even the judges were laughing at me.
Jackie: That's a shame! Are you sure the judges were laughing at you? You were probably just too tense. I know how hard you worked to prepare. I can imagine how bad you must feel.
Irene: Oh, well, such is life. There's always next year.

會話一
賈姬：早安，愛琳。昨天的小提琴比賽如何？妳贏了什麼獎項嗎？
愛琳：噢，賈姬。真是糟透了！我正演奏海頓的作品時，我的一根小提琴弦斷了。我糗死了，連裁判都在笑我。
賈姬：真糟糕！妳確定裁判們是在笑妳嗎？妳可能只是太緊張了，我知道妳準備得非常辛苦。我可以想像妳會有多難過。
愛琳：哦，好吧，這就是人生吧，總是會有明年的。

【Word Bank】
shame (n)可惋惜之事 tense (adj) 緊張的

The Day's Phrase
When I walked in late, all eyes were on me.
當我遲到走進去時，所有人的眼睛都在看著我。


- posted by star blog @ Thursday, December 09, 2004