第一， 迷你对话

A: She lost it.

她输了。

B: Really? How did you know the news?

真的吗？你怎么知道这个消息的？

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!

对一个最近抱着这么大希望的人来说，这是多么尴尬啊。

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

那么，你认为是现在告诉他还是晚点告诉她？

B: I have no idea.

我不知道。

第二， 地道表达

pretty pass

1. 解词释义

Pretty pass的意思是“尴尬，困境”。

2. 拓展范例

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

我们已陷入困境。

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

当子女们向父母发号施令时，事情就变得十分糟糕了。

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?