交际口语06:后悔

6.后悔

1.惯用口语句子:

I shouldn’t have done that.

我真不该那样做。

shouldn’t have done sth.“本不该做某事”

I really screwed up this time.

这次我真的把事情给弄糟了。

I really messed up.

我真的搞砸了。

I screw up=mess up“把…弄糟,搞砸”

I’m sorry to have missed the chance.

= I regret having missed the chance.

我很后悔错过了那次机会。

I regret that I was angry with my son.

= I regret being angry with my son.

我后悔不该对儿子发火。

I have regrets about not telling my friend the truth.

我后悔没有告诉朋友实话。

本句中的“regret”用作名词。

我真是很懊悔,把你最喜欢的包给弄坏了。

I feel so regretful; I have damaged your favorite bag.

damage v. 破坏,损害

My words have hurt her. If only I hadn’t said it like that.

我的话伤害了她。我要是没那样讲话就好了。

hurt v. 伤害,刺痛

if only“要是…就好了”

I went a little far.

= I overdid it.

我做得有点过分。

I made a mistake.

我犯了错了

overdo v. 把…做得过分

go too(a little)far“做得太(有点儿)过分”

I really wish I hadn’t done it.

= If only I hadn’t done it.

我真希望我没那么做。

I feel so guilty about forgetting our anniversary.

我竟然忘了我们的周年纪念日,我感到很内疚。

guilty a. 内疚的

anniversary n. 周年纪念

2.实用对话

Regret后悔

Mary: Hi, Tony. You look unhappy. What’s wrong?

玛丽:嗨,托尼。你看起来不高兴。怎么了?

Tony: Oh, Mary. I made a big mistake.

托尼:哦,玛丽。我犯了个大错。

Mary: What happened?

玛丽:发生什么事了?

Tony: I really wish I hadn’t done it.

托尼:我真希望我没那么做。

Mary: What on earth are you talking about?

玛丽:你究竟在说什么呢?

Tony: I got caught cheating. I feel so ashamed. The teacher saw me and told me I failed.

托尼:我考试作弊被抓了。我感觉太丢人了。老师看见我了,还告诉我这次考试不及格了。

Mary: What were you thinking?

玛丽:你想什么呢?

Tony: You know my father. If I fail, he’ll kill me. I have to do well.

托尼:你知道我爸爸的。我要是考试不及格,他会杀了我的。我必须得考好才行。

Mary: But what you should do is study hard.

玛丽:可是你应该做的是好好学习啊。

Tony: I know…l know…it’s all my fault. I feel awful that I didn’t study, and I cheated, and I got caught.

托尼:我知道…我知道…都是我的错。我不学习,还作弊,结果还被抓了,这真是太糟了。

Mary: So long as you learn from your mistakes.

玛丽:只要你吸取教训就好了。

Tony: I know. I feel like a failure. My father is going to be so disappointed when e finds out what I’ve done.

托尼:我知道。我觉得自己太失败了。我爸爸要是知道我做了些什么的话,他一定会很失望的。

3.详细解说

1.“wish”后面所接的宾语从句要使用虚拟语气结构——(1)表示对现在情况的虚拟:从句中谓语动词要用“动词过去式或were”;(2)表示对过去情况的虚拟:从句中谓语动词要用“had+动词过去分词”;(3)表示对将来情况的虚拟:从句中谓语动词要用“would/could+动词原形”。例如:I wish I knew the answer.(我希望我知道答案。)I wish I hadn’t said that.(我希望我没讲过那样的话,)I wish it would rain tomorrow.(我希望明天下雨就好了。)需要注意的是,在表示对过去情况的虚拟时,从句中的谓语动词有时也可以用“would/could+have+过去分词”,例如:I wish I could have seen her last night.(要是我昨天晚上能够见到她该多好。)

2.“on earth”的意思是“究竟,到底”。

4.文化洗礼

“regret”的用法

在这一课中大家学习了“后悔”的表达方法,可你真的掌握了“regret”的用法了吗?先来看两个错误的例句吧。

(错) In any case I didn’t regret to stay at home.

(错)I now regret not to have worked harder at school.

上面两个句子的正确形式应该是:

(对 In any case I didn’t regret staying at home.无论如何我都不后悔留在了家里。

(对) I now regret not having worked harder at school.我现在后悔在学校时没有努力学习了。

“regret doing something”表示“对已经做过的事情感到后悔或遗憾”。

而“regret to do”则表示“对即将要做的事情感到遗憾或抱歉”。例如:I regret to inform you that your contract will not be

renewed.

我很遗憾地通知你,我们将不会与你续约,另外,“regret”后也可接“that从句”,具体含义要视具体情况而定。例如:

He was beginning to regret that he’d come along.

他行始后悔跟着来了。

I regret that I will be unable to attend.

很抱歉我没法出席。

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