A: Why do you look so gloomy? What are you looking for?

A：你怎么看起來這么沮喪?在找什么呢?

B: My dissertation. I put it somewhere last night and I can’t find it now.

B：我的學位論文，我昨天晚上把它放在某個地方，現在找不到了。

A: Did you finish typing yesterday?

A：你昨天把它打完了嗎?

B: Yes, I kept on typing it until midnight, but it is lost.

B：是的，我一直打到半夜，但現在它不見了。

A: Don’t worry about it. It must be somewhere in your room. Let’s see where you put it. Have you searched your drawers and the desk?

A：別擔心，它肯定是在你房間的某個地方，我們來看看你可能把它放到哪兒，你找過抽屜和桌子了嗎?

B: Yes, but there is nothing inside the drawers or on the desk.

B：是的，但抽屜里和桌子上都沒有。

A: How about the shelf?

A：架子上呢?

B: I’ve searched everywhere. Where on earth did I put it?

B：我哪兒都找遍了，我到底把它放到哪兒呢?

A: Don’t get upset over it. At least you have another week to go.

A：別煩，至少你還有一個星期呢。

B: I have been working on it for a whole month and it’s too late to write another. Just think of all my hard work that goes for nothing. How could I do such a thing?

B：我已經花了整整一個月的時間在這上面，現在再寫一篇太遲了，想想我的努力毫無結果，我怎么能干這種事?

A: Cheer up! What I meant was that you can find it sometime during a week. There is no need to write a new one. Oh, what’s this? Is this your dissertation?

A：高興點，我的意思是你在這周內一定能找到它，沒有必要寫篇新的。噢，這是什么?這是你的畢業論文嗎?

B: Let me see. Yes, that’s it. Where did you find it?

B：讓我瞧瞧，是的，就是它。你在哪兒找到的?

A: You’ve put it among these journals.

A：你把它和這些期刊放在一起了。

B: My poor memory. Thank you very much.

B：我的記性真差，太謝謝你了。

注釋：

1. 固定搭配“finish + doing sth.”表示“完成某事”。

2. 詞組“on earth”意思是“究竟，到底”。

3. 習慣用語“go for nothing”意思是“竹籃子打水一場空，到頭來什么也沒得到”，也作“勞而無功”講。