后 悔
人们常说后悔是没用的,但其实不然,只要知道过去做的不对,并且真的后悔并决定悔改,亡羊补牢也还是有一定意义的。本文中的 Tony 考试作弊被抓,我们相信他后悔过后一定会改掉这个毛病的。
详解惯用单句
后 悔 第1节 态度表达 第1章 态度意愿
我真不该那样做。I shouldn’t have done that.
● shouldn’t have done sth.“本不该做某事”
这次我真的把事情给弄糟了。I really screwed up this time.
○ I really messed up.
我真的搞砸了。
● screw up = mess up“把…弄糟,搞砸”
我很后悔错过了那次机会。
I’m sorry to have missed the chance.
= I regret having missed the chance.
我后悔不该对儿子发火。
I regret that I was angry with my son.
= I regret being angry with my son.
我后悔没有告诉朋友实话。
I have regrets about not telling my friend the truth.
■ 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 [5dAmidV] v. 破坏,损害
我的话伤害了她。我要是没那样讲话就好了。
My words have hurt her. If only I hadn’t said it like that.
★ hurt [hE:t] v. 伤害,刺痛
● if only“要是…就好了”
我做得有点过分。I went a little far.
= I overdid it.
○I made a mistake. 我犯了错了。
★overdo [7EuvE5du:] v. 把…做得过分
● go too(a little)far“做得太(有点儿)过分”
我真希望我没那么做。I really wish I hadn’t done it.
= If only I hadn’t done it.
我竟然忘了我们的周年纪念日,我感到很内疚。
I feel so guilty about forgetting our anniversary.
★ guilty [5^ilti] a. 内疚的
★ anniversary [7Ani5vE:sEri] n. 周年纪念
FUN 轻松:看图
“I have to admit, I was a little nervous about our first date. ”
详解实用对话
Regret
Mary:Hi, Tony. You look unhappy. What’s wrong?
Tony:Oh, Mary. I made a big mistake.
Mary:What happened?
Tony:I really wishŒ I hadn’t done it.
Mary:What on earth are you talking about?
Tony:I got caught cheating. I feel so ashamed. The teacher saw me and told me I failed.
Mary:What were you thinking?
Tony:You know my father. If I fail, he’ll kill me. I have to do well.
Mary:But what you should do is study hard.
Tony:I know…I know…it’s all my fault. I feel awful that I didn’t study, and I cheated, and I got caught.
Mary:So long as you learn from your mistakes.
Tony:I know. I feel like a failure. My father is going to be so disappointed when he finds out what I’ve done.
后 悔
玛丽:嗨,托尼。你看起来不高兴。怎么了?
托尼:哦,玛丽。我犯了个大错。
玛丽:发生什么事了?
托尼:我真希望我没那么做。
玛丽:你究竟在说什么呢?
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。
玛丽:你想什么呢?
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。
玛丽:可是你应该做的是好好学习啊。
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。
玛丽:只要你吸取教训就好了。
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。
详细解说
Œ“wish”后面所接的宾语从句要使用虚拟语气结构——⑴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”;⑵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”;⑶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。)
“on earth”的意思是“究竟,到底”。
单 词
J cheat
[tFi:t]
v. 作弊,欺骗
J ashamed
[E5Feimd]
a. 惭愧的,
羞耻的
J fail [feil]
v. 失败,不及格
J awful
[5C:ful]
a. 糟糕的
J failure
[5feiljE]
n. 失败,失败者
J disappointed
[7disE5pRintid]
a. 失望的
FUN 轻松:贴士
hang up the phone
the line is busy
no one answers
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“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。
× In any case I didn’t regret to stay at home.
× I now regret not to have worked harder at school.
上面两个句子的正确形式应该是:
√ In any case I didn't regret staying at home. 无论如何我都不后悔留在了家里。
√ 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,“regre”t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.
他开始后悔跟着来了。
I regret that I will be unable to attend.
很抱歉我没法出席。