【迷你小對話】
A: I think it is woeful that somebody so young had to experience such an unhappy life.
B: I am full of melancholy for this child who never really had a chance in life.
A: Funerals are always joyless. Especially one as somber as this.
B: It certainly is a gloomy day. Just look at his heartsick father.
A: 年紀輕輕就遭遇了這么不幸的事情,真是悲慘。
B: 我真為這孩子感到悲哀。他連生活中的好日子還沒過呢。
A: 葬禮本來就不是什么高興的事,更何況是這樣一個令人黯然神傷的葬禮。
B: 真是個憂傷的日子,看看那悲痛欲絕的父親就知道了。
【語言點精講】
woeful: 悲哀的;悲傷的;悲慘的。
melancholy: 憂郁的。
joyless: 不快活的;沉悶無趣的。
funeral: 葬禮。
somber: 嚴肅認真的;悶悶不樂的。
gloomy: 情緒低落的;悲觀的;憂傷的。
heartsick: 極其悲傷或失望的。