经典口语表达：

She is greedy for success.

她渴望成功。

还可以说：

She is hungry for success.

She is eager for success.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

有志者事竟成。

He's heady with success.

他因成功而飘飘然。

He is successful in everything.

他事事成功。

To achieve success is my only desire.

获得成功是我唯一的愿望。

They soon went down in defeat.

他们很快就失败了。

Conversation:

A: Steven, would you like to go dance with us tonight?

B: John, I'm just not in the mood for this.

A: You look upset. What's going on?

B: I lost the table tennis game yesterday.

A: What a pity!

B: I just don't want to play table tennis anymore.

A: Is it that bad? It's nothing more than a game.

B: My opponent beat me on the very first ball. I was wondering if it's appropriate for me to play table tennis.

A: Come on. Don't lose heart. I'm sure you will succeed.

B: Perhaps you're right. But I just need some time to recover from this.

A: I understand.

Notes:

Would you like to...用来委婉地询问对方要不要做某事。比如：Would you like to go to see a movie with me?你愿意和我一起看电影吗？

Would you like to tell me what happened?你能告诉我发生了什么吗？

be in the mood for/to do.表示“有心情做某事”，be not in the mood for/to do表示“没有心情做某事”

I'm just not in the mood for the party.我没心情参加聚会。

What a pity!是对他人遭受不幸时表达怜悯，同情时使用的句子。表示“真遗憾；可惜。”

nothing more than表示“不过是；无非是”

beat“击败”

wonder相当于want to know，表示“想知道”

appropriate“合适的”

recover“（从不愉快的经历中）恢复”

Translation:

史蒂文，今晚和我们一起去跳舞怎么样？

约翰，我现在没那个心情。

你看起来很沮丧，怎么回事？

昨天在乒乓球比赛中我输了。

真遗憾。

我不想在打乒乓球了。

有那么糟糕吗？不过是输掉一场比赛而已。

我的对手一球就把我淘汰了。我在想，可能我不太适合打乒乓球吧。

别这样，不要灰心，我相信你一定会成功的。

或许你说的对，但是我仍然需要时间从失败中恢复过来。

我能理解你。