真糟糕！我今天整天都是笨手笨脚的。 What a bummer！ I’m all thumbs today anyway. It’s just been one of those days when I’m so clumsy today.
我觉得心情郁闷，因为很快就要开学了了。 I’m feeling blue because I have to go back to school soon. I feel very miserablebecause I have to go back to school soon.
我怎么会遇到这种事啊！我可算倒霉了。 Boy！ What have I done？ What luck！ How could this happen to me！ I’m just out of luck！
我得承认自己是个失败者。 I have to admit that I am nothing at all. I can’t help thinking I’m a failure.
我觉得自己简直山穷水尽了。 I think I’m at the end of my rope. I’m on the brink of ruin.
重点词汇解析
1. desperate [‘desp？rit] adj. 绝望的，铤而走险的；极度渴望的
【例句】He was desperate when he lost all his money.
当他丢了所有钱时，他绝望了。
2. sack [s？k] n. 袋，粗布袋，麻袋 vt/n【口】开除，解雇
【例句】He got the sack for petty thieving.
他因小偷小摸遭到了解雇。
3. suck [s？k] vt 吸，吮，啜，吸收，【俚】烂，令人讨厌 vi 吸吮，吸食 [C]
【例句】This job sucks. Iquit.
这工作烂透了。我不想干了。
4. bummer [’b？m？] n.【口】令人不愉快、不满意的事物；倒霉；
吸食迷幻药的反效果；【美】无赖
【例句】It’s a real bummer to lose the job.
工作丢了，实在倒霉。
5. depress [di‘pres] vt. 使沮丧，使消沉，使心灰意冷；使萧条；削弱，抑制；减少
【例句】Rainy weather always depresses me.
雨天总会使我心情抑郁。
英语加油站：每天读点英语经典
摘自夏洛蒂·勃朗特的传世名作《简爱》
Jane Eyre ：“I grieve to leave Thornfield. I love Thornfield：I love it， because I have lived in it a full and delightful life，momentarily at least. I have not been trampled on. I have not been petrified. I have not been buried with inferior minds， and excluded from every glimpse of communion with what is bright and energetic and high. I have talked， face to face， with what I reverence， with what I delight in， with an original， a vigorous， an expanded mind. I have known you， Mr. Rochester； and it strikes me with terror and anguish to feel I absolutely must be torn from you for ever. I see the necessity of departure； and it is like looking on the necessity of death.”
简爱：“离开桑菲尔德我很伤心，我爱桑菲尔德——我爱它是因为我在这里过着充实而愉快的生活——至少有一段时间。我没有遭人践踏，也没有弄得古板僵化，没有混迹于志向低下的人之中，也没有被排斥在同光明、健康、高尚的心灵交往的一切机会之外。我已面对面同我所敬重的人、同我所喜欢的人，——同一个独特、活跃、博大的心灵交谈过。我已经熟悉你，罗切斯特先生，硬要让我永远同你分开，使我感到恐惧和痛苦。我看到非分别不可，就像看到非死不可一样。”
Jane：“I tell you I must go！ I retorted， roused to something like passion. Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you？ Do you think I am an automaton a machine without feelings and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips， and my drop of living water dashed from my cup？ Do you think， because I am poor， obscure， plain， and little， I am soulless and heartless？ You think wrong！ I have as much soul as you， and full as much heart！ And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth， I should have made it as hard for you to leave me， as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom， conventionalities， nor even of mortal flesh； it is my spiritthat addresses your spirit； just as if both had passed through the grave， and we stood at God’s feet， equal， as we are！’
简爱：“我告诉你我非走不可！我回驳着，感情很有些冲动。你难道认为，我会留下来甘愿做一个对你来说无足轻重的人？你以为我是一架机器？——一架没有感情的机器？能够容忍别人把一口面包从我嘴里抢走，把一滴生命之水从我杯子里泼掉？难道就因为我一贫如洗、默默无闻、长相平庸、个子瘦小，就没有灵魂，没有心肠了？——你想错了。——我的心灵跟你一样丰富，我的心胸跟你一样充实！要是上帝赐予我一点姿色和充足的财富，我会使你同我现在一样难分难舍，我不是根据习俗、常规，甚至也不是血肉之躯同你说话，而是我的灵魂同你的灵魂在对话，就仿佛我们两人穿过坟墓，站在上帝脚下，彼此平等——本来就如此！”
Without you？ I’d be a soul without a purpose.
Without you？ I’d be an emotion without a heart.
I’m a face without expression， a heart with no beat.
Without you by my side， I’m just a flame without the heat.
没有你？ 我将是一个没有目的的灵魂；没有你？ 我的情感将没有了根基；我将是一张没有表情的脸；一颗停止跳动的心；没有你在我身边；我只是一束没有热量的火焰。
Lesson 17 失望及愤怒
出口成章
It’s a real pity！ 真的很可惜！
What a disappointment！ 太叫人失望了！
That’s the last thing I would expect. 那是我最不希望发生的事。
I’ve never felt so down before. 我以前从未这样失望过。
I’m disappointed at you. I wish you hadn’t done that. 我对你很失望，我多希望你没有那么做。
Too bad！ He’s not at all how I’d imagined. 太糟了！他完全不是我想象的那个样子。
It’s a real pity. I was looking forward to it. 真的很遗憾，我原本对此抱有很大希望。
What a nuisance！ 真讨厌！
Get out of my face. 滚开。