How am I supposed to work with this?

　　我怎样才能搞定这个?

　　Expressions For Disappointment – Formal

　　表达失望之情(正式)

　　What a shame!

　　真丢脸!

　　That's too bad.

　　太糟糕了。

　　That's so disappointing!

　　太令人失望了!

　　I was so looking forward to ...

　　我是如此盼望着······

　　I / We had high hopes for ...

　　我/我们对······有很深的期望

　　What we had been led to expect was ...

　　我们期望的是······

　　Expressions For Disappointment – Informal

　　表达失望之情(非正式)

　　What a bummer!

　　太倒霉了!

　　What a let-down!

　　太让人失望了!

　　That stinks.

　　糟透了。

　　Example Situations

　　情境示例

　　Example 1 - Between Friends

　　例一：朋友之间

　　Friend 1: I'm not happy.

　　我心情不好。

　　Friend 2: What's wrong?

　　怎么啦?

　　Friend 1: Oh, I didn't get that job.

　　噢，我没能得到那份工作。

　　Friend 2: What a bummer!

　　太倒霉了!

　　Friend 1: Yeah, I wish I had prepared better for the interview.

　　是啊，要是我面试准备得再充分一点就好了。

　　Friend 2: Maybe you were just nervous.

　　也许你只是太紧张了。

　　Friend 1: If I had only thought about how my experience applied to the position.

　　要是我能想到将自己的经历应用到职位上就好了。

　　Friend 2: That stinks. Well, I'm sure you'll do better next time.

　　太遗憾了。好吧，我相信你下次一定会有更好的表现。

　　Friend 1: I hope so. I'm sick of this job.

　　希望如此。我很讨厌这个工作。

　　Friend 2: Every job has its ups and downs.

　　每份工作都有好有坏。

　　Friend 1: Isn't that the truth!

　　这不是真的!

　　Friend 2: Let's have a beer.

　　喝杯啤酒吧。

　　Friend 1: That's something that never disappoints.

　　这件事一定会成功。

　　Friend 2: You're right about that.

　　你说得对。

　　Example 2 - At the Office

　　例二：办公室

　　Colleague 1: Excuse me Peter. Could I talk to you for a moment?

　　打扰一下，皮特。我能跟你聊会儿吗?

　　Colleague 2: Sure, what can I do for you?

　　当然，我能为你做什么?

　　Colleague 1: Why didn't you inform me of the situation with Andrew Ltd.?

　　你为什么没有告诉我安德鲁公司的事儿?

　　Colleague 2: I'm sorry about that. I thought I had the situation under control.

　　我很抱歉。我以为我能搞定这件事。

　　Colleague 1: You know I had high hopes for this account.

　　你知道我对这笔生意报了很大希望。

　　Colleague 2: Yes, I know and I apologize that it didn't work out.

　　是的，我知道，我为办没办成这件事道歉。

　　Colleague 1: Yes, well, how were you supposed to know they would try to change everything in the contract.

　　好吧，你如何知道他们会将合同的内容全部推翻呢?

　　Colleague 2: If only they had given us more time to come up with a different solution.

　　要是他们多给点时间，让我们找出一个不同的解决方案就好了。

　　Colleague 1: OK. Well, please make sure to keep me in the loop on future situations like this.

　　好吧，下次遇到这种情况请一定要告诉我。

　　Colleague 2: Certainly, I'll be more proactive next time this happens.

　　当然，下次发生这种事我一定主动汇报。

　　Colleague 1: Thank you Peter.

　　谢谢你，皮特。

　　Colleague 2: Of course.

　　不客气。

（编辑：何莹莹）