听说学英语日报No.054

I could kick myself! I didn't go to the surprise party last night.

◆kick oneself
字面词义：踢自己。
真正含义：后悔万分。

◆句子翻译
我真后悔，昨晚没去参加惊喜晚会。

1、If we want to do something, just do it. Don't kick ourselves.
如果你想做什么就去做吧，不要后悔！
2、He kicked himself for missing so many chances.
他气自己错过了那么多机会。
3、I'm sorry. I should have kicked myself for lying to you.
对不起。我也怪自己竟然对你说谎。
4、Jerry sold the car to someone else yesterday. I'm still kicking myself for not buying it when I had the chance.
昨天杰瑞把车卖给别人了。我还在后悔有机会买那辆车的时候却没买。

5、We can control what we do. If we don't do that, 20 years from now we'll still be kicking ourselves in the seat of the pants for turning away from an enormous opportunity to give our children a safer world.
我们能够控制我们的作为。如果我们现在不这样做，那么20年后，我们会因为失去了给我们的孩子提供一个更为安全的世界的巨大机会而追悔莫及。
6、I really kick myself. I didn't work hard past two years.
我非常后悔，在过去的两年中都没有好好工作。
7、I could kick myself! I just hesitated a moment; when I turned back to that shop, the shirt had been bought by others already.
我真是追悔莫及啊！就是因为稍有犹豫，当我转回那家店的时候，那件衬衣就被已经别人买走了。
8、I could kick myself! I lost the chance to go abroad.
我恨自己错过了出国的机会。