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該文章中的迷你對話選自口語書籍，對話精講為可可編輯編寫。

迷你對話

A: I hear your sister has had an accident, is it true?

我聽說你姐姐出事了，真的嗎？

B: Yeah, it happened a year ago.

是的，那是一周前的事情了。

A: That’s a crying shame. It really is!

真是太糟了。

B: Fortunately , she’s not seriously injured.

萬幸她傷得不重。

對話精講

【核心短語】a crying shame

【解詞釋義】shame指的是“使人惋惜，羞恥的事情，太過分的事情”，而crying則是形容期程度之深。

【典型范例1】 It's a crying shame when someone has worked hard and then loses everything because of someone else's dishonesty.

一個人努力工作，然后后來卻因為他人的欺騙而使得自己丟失財產，這真是太糟了。

【典型范例2】It's a crying shame when an enterprise is left in the hands of incompetent fools.

一種企業放在不會經營的冤大頭手里是真可惜又可嘆！

【典型范例3】 It's a crying shame that she treats their children in this way.

他們對待子女的做法真是太不像話了。

【典型范例4】It's a crying shame to waste all that food.

浪費那么多食物，真是太不像話了。