第一， 迷你對話

A: She lost it.

她輸了。

B: Really? How did you know the news?

真的嗎？你怎么知道這個消息的？

A: The news is true, I am sure.

消息是真的，我相信。

B: What a pretty pass for one to come whose hopes had so recently run so high!

對一個最近抱著這么大希望的人來說，這是多么尷尬啊。

A: So you think to tell her now or left her know it later?

那么，你認為是現在告訴他還是晚點告訴她？

B: I have no idea.

我不知道。

第二， 地道表達

pretty pass

1. 解詞釋義

Pretty pass的意思是“尷尬，困境”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. Things have come to a pretty pass for us.

我們已陷入困境。

e.g. Things come to a pretty pass when children give orders to their parents.

當子女們向父母發號施令時，事情就變得十分糟糕了。

e.g. What has brought the firm to such a pretty pass?

什么原因使公司陷入如此困境?