第一，情景对话

A：Your class has a newcomer.

你们班来了个新同学。

B：Yeah. That idiot.

是的，那个大白痴。

A: Why do you say so?

你怎么这么说？

B: He has got a bad name in the former class by often failing the examinations.

他在从前的学校考试总是不及格，因而得到了这个坏名声。

第二，词海拾贝

get a bad name（名誉不佳，名声扫地）

e.g. George got a bad name by his dishonorable behaviour.

乔治品行不端,使自己名声扫地。

e.g. The dishonest official knew he got a bad name when the newspapers printed the story about him.

报纸登出他的事后，这个不老实的官员知道自己的名声扫地了。

e.g. He'd hated Mike for years and would grab at the opportunity to make him get a bad name.

他对Mike积怨多年，会抓住一切机会败坏他的名声。

第三，语汇积累

fail the examination：考试不及格

第四，短语翻译

中：你班里来了一个新生。

译： Your class had a new comer.

中：你的公司来了一个新员工。

译：Your company has a new worker.