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

A：你怎么看起来这么沮丧?在找什么呢?

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

B：我的学位论文，我昨天晚上把它放在某个地方，现在找不到了。

A: Did you finish typing yesterday?

A：你昨天把它打完了吗?

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

B：是的，我一直打到半夜，但现在它不见了。

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：别担心，它肯定是在你房间的某个地方，我们来看看你可能把它放到哪儿，你找过抽屉和桌子了吗?

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

B：是的，但抽屉里和桌子上都没有。

A: How about the shelf?

A：架子上呢?

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

B：我哪儿都找遍了，我到底把它放到哪儿呢?

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

A：别烦，至少你还有一个星期呢。

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：我已经花了整整一个月的时间在这上面，现在再写一篇太迟了，想想我的努力毫无结果，我怎么能干这种事?

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：高兴点，我的意思是你在这周内一定能找到它，没有必要写篇新的。噢，这是什么?这是你的毕业论文吗?

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

B：让我瞧瞧，是的，就是它。你在哪儿找到的?

A: You’ve put it among these journals.

A：你把它和这些期刊放在一起了。

B: My poor memory. Thank you very much.

B：我的记性真差，太谢谢你了。

注释：

1. 固定搭配“finish + doing sth.”表示“完成某事”。

2. 词组“on earth”意思是“究竟，到底”。

3. 习惯用语“go for nothing”意思是“竹篮子打水一场空，到头来什么也没得到”，也作“劳而无功”讲。