John: Steven, would you like to go dance with us tonight?
Steven: John, I am just not in the mood for this.
John: You look so upset. What's going on?
Steven: I lost the table tennis game yesterday.
John: Oh, what a pity!
Steven: I just don't want to play table tennis any more.
John: Is it that bad? It's nothing more than a game.
Steven: My opponent bowled me with the very first ball. I was wondering if it's appropriate for me to play table tennis.
John: Oh, come on! Failure is the mother of success. Don't lose heart. I'm sure you'll succeed.
Steven: Perhaps you are right. But I still need some time to recover from the failure.
John: I understand.

約翰：史蒂文，今晚和我們一起去跳舞怎么樣？
史蒂文：約翰，我現(xiàn)在沒那個心情。
約翰：你看起來很沮喪，怎么回事？
史蒂文：昨天在乒乓球比賽中，我輸了。
約翰：噢，真遺憾！
史蒂文：我不想再打兵乓球了。
約翰：有那么糟糕嗎？不過是輸?shù)粢粓霰荣惗选?br />史蒂文：我的對手一球就把我淘汰了，我在想可能我不太適合打乒乓球吧。
約翰：噢，別這樣！失敗是成功之母。不要灰心，我相信你一定會成功的。
史蒂文：或許你說的對。但是我仍然需要時間從失敗中恢復(fù)過來。
約翰：我能理解你。