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@ 30102 A Disappointment
我今天心情不好。
woˇ
j¯ıntia¯ n x¯ınq´ıng bu`
haˇo.
I’m not in a good mood today.
上週我有一次中文考試，今天我知道自己沒通過
考試。
sha`ngzho¯ u woˇ yoˇu y¯ı c`ı zho¯ ngwe´n kaˇosh`ı, j¯ıntia¯ n woˇ zh¯ıdao
z`ıjˇı me´i to¯ ngguo` kaˇosh`ı.
Last week I had a Chinese test and today I found out that I didn’t pass.
我很失望因為我下了很大功夫。
woˇ
heˇn sh¯ıwa`ng, y¯ınwe`i woˇ
xia`
le heˇn da`
go¯ ngfu.
I’m very disappointed because I’ve put a lot of effort into it.
我花了很多時間在圖書館裡學習， 做了很多題目，還和同學一起練習，可能我在考試的時候太緊張了。
woˇ
hua¯
le heˇn duo¯
sh´ıjia¯ n za`i tu´shu¯ guaˇn lˇı xue´x´ı, zuo`
le heˇn
duo¯
t´ımu`, ha´i he´
to´ngxue´
y¯ıqˇı lia`nx´ı, keˇne´ng woˇ
za`i kaˇosh`ı
de sh´ıho`u ta`i jˇınzha¯ ng le.
I spent a lot of time studying in the library, working on lots of exercises, and practicing with classmates. Maybe I was too nervous when I took the exam.
我決心以後要做得更好，通過下次的考試。
woˇ
jue´x¯ın yˇıho`u ya`o zuo`
de ge`ng haˇo, to¯ ngguo`
xia`
c`ı de
kaˇosh`ı.
I’m determined to do better in the future and pass the next test.
---Key Vocabulary---
心情 x¯ınq´ıng mood
上週 sha`ngzho¯ u last week
考試 kaˇosh`ı exam
通過 to¯ ngguo` pass
失望 sh¯ıwa`ng to be disappointed
下功夫 xia` go¯ ngfu to put effort into sth.
花時間 hua¯ sh´ıjia¯ n to spend time
圖書館 tu´shu¯ guaˇn library
題目 t´ımu` subject
練習 lia`nx´ı exercise
可能 keˇne´ng possibility
的時候 de sh´ıhou when
緊張 jˇınzha¯ ng nervous
決心 jue´x¯ın to be determined to
以後 yˇıho`u from now on
得 de [particle]
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
複習 fu`x´ı to review
熬夜 a´oye` to stay up very late or all night
絕望 jue´wa`ng to despair
放鬆 fa`ngso¯ ng to relax
檢查 jiaˇncha´ to check
馬虎 maˇhu to be careless
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