Its too bad that...

052. It’s too bad that...
……真可惜

[句型解析]
因某些原因，原定的计划不能实行或某种结果超出意料之外，难免有遗憾，感到可惜。这时美国人常用的句型就是“It’s too bad that...”。“bad”在这里是“惋惜，遗憾”之意。

[实例]
1. It’s too bad that we lost the match.
我们输了这场比赛，真可惜。
2. It’s too bad that we have to cancel the get-together.
聚会要取消，真可惜。
3. It’s too bad that you can’t come.
你不能来，真可惜。
4. It’s too bad.
真遗憾。
5. It’s too bad that the rain spoiled our picnic.
雨扰乱了我们的野餐，真可惜。

[实战练习]
A: What happened to Steve? I haven’t seen him at work for a long time.
斯帝文怎么啦？我好久没见他上班啦。
B: He was fired because of his poor work performance.
他因工作表现不良而被解雇了。
A: It’s too bad he’s gone. He had such a good sense of humor.
真可惜他走了。他真幽默。
B: Yes, but he also had a serious drinking problem which affected his work.
是的。但他因酗酒的毛病影响了工作。
A: I didn’t know that.
这个我不知道。
B: Yeah. He had such potential too. It’s too bad.
真可惜他也有这样的倾向。