跟艾米莉一起学口语 第767期:“考试考砸了”

mess up

把...搞砸；弄乱；弄脏

I hope they haven't messed up your video tapes.

我希望他们没有弄乱你的录像带。

I'm so sorry. I messed up the whole thing.

很抱歉，我把整件事情搞砸了。

A: How was school today?

今天上学怎么样？

B: I hate school.

我讨厌学校。

A: Why? What happened?

为什么？发生了什么？

B: I messed up my mid-term exam so badly today.

今天我的期中考试考砸了。

A: It's just one exam. Can you re-take the exam?

那不过是一次期中考试。你能补考吗？

B: Yes, but it 's so humiliating. I don't want my friends to know I failed.

可以。可是实在太丢人了。我不想让我的同学们知道我考试不及格。

A: Why didn't you do a good job?

你为什么没有考好？

B: I don't know, I sat down in my seat, looked at my paper, and then my mind just went totally black.

我不清楚。我坐在座位上，盯着卷子看，大脑一片空白。

A: Do you think you studied enough for the exam?

你觉得你考试准备的充分吗？

B: No.

不充分。

A: What did you do last night?

你昨晚做了什么？

B: I watched TV.

我看了电视。

A: Did you study the whole night for your exam?

那你为了复习熬通宵了吗？

B: No, not really.

没有，没那么做。

A: I'm sure if you had studied, you would have done well. When can you re-take your exam?

我敢肯定如果你学习了，你本可以考的很好。什么时候补考？

B: Tomorrow.

明天。

A: All right. Get out your books and I'll help you prepare.

好的。拿出你的书，我帮你复习。