学学这样说
1. o grief. 我的计划失败了。
2. My plan is in ruins. 我的计划失败了。
3. My plan has fallen down. 我的计划失败了。
4. The scheme was a bad egg. 计划失败了。
5. He failed the examination. 他考试失败了。
6. I have to resign myself to defeat. 我只好承认失败了。
7. I acknowledged myself as beaten. 我承认自己失败了。
补充短语
be a bad egg 失败的计划，坏人
08 Failure is the ess.
失败是成功之母。
常用单词
failure ['fe?lj?(r)] n. 失败，不及格
学学这样说
1. Have no fear of failure, for suess usually es after failure.
不要害怕失败，因为成功通常在失败之后来临。
2. That sort of defeats is only stepping-stones to suess.
那种失败只不过是成功的踏脚石。
3. What is defeat? It's nothing but the first step to soer.
失败是什么？失败不过是走向较好境地的第一步。
4. A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
一个人如果失败了并不会完蛋，只有放弃了才会完蛋。
应用对话
Steven: bowled me with the very first ball. I am wondering if it's appropriate for me to play table tennis.
John: Oh, e on! Failure is the ess. Don't lose heart. I'eed.
史蒂文：我的对手第一球就把我淘汰了，我在想可能我不太适合打乒乓球吧。
约翰：噢，别这样！失败是成功之母。不要灰心，我相信你一定会成功的。
09 There is little question of failure.
很少有失败的可能性。
解析 ▲ there is little question of意思是“……的可能性很小”，of后面一般跟抽象名词。
学学这样说
1. They are doomed to failure. 他们注定要失败。
2. They soon went down in defeat. 他们很快就失败了。
3. They could not conceive of the possibility of failure. 他们想不到失败的可能性。
4. I am anxious that he may fail. 我担心他会失败。
补充短语
conceive of 设想，想象
10 Fatigue contributed to his defeat.
疲劳促成了他的失败。
解析 ▲ contribute to意思是“为……贡献”，可用作贬义，也可用作褒义。
常用单词
fatigue [f?'ti:ɡ] n. 疲劳，疲乏
学学这样说
1. To resign now would be an admission of failure. 现在辞职等于承认失败。
2. The operation on the new born infant was a failure. 新生儿的手术失败了。
3. He failed in the petition. 他在竞争中失败。
4. They blamed George for the failure. 他们责备乔治造成了这次失败。
5. Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.
我们失败的原因大多是对自己缺乏信心。
6. He who does not hope to win has already lost. 不希望赢的人已经输了。
11 How do you handle failure?
失败了你会怎么办？
常用单词
handle ['h?ndl] v. 操作，操纵，处理
学学这样说
1. I'm down in the dumps about the defeat. 由于失败，我沮丧极了。
2. He was frustrated by repeated failures. 他因一再失败而灰心丧气。
3. Failure induces a sense of inferiority. 失败使人产生自卑感。
4. He is possessed by a fear of failure. 他对失败心怀恐惧。
5. There is no dishonor in losing. 失败并不是耻辱。
补充短语
be down in the dumps about... 为……感到沮丧
12 Failure doesn't mean you are inferior while it does .
失败并不意味着你低人一等，它只意味着你尚不完美。
解析 ▲ inferior是形容词，意思是“差的，低级的，次等的”，常用于构成词组be inferior to，意思是“低于……”。
常用单词
perfect ['p?:f?kt] adj. 完美的，正确的
随机测验
A fail many times, but he isn't a loser until he ______ to blame somebody else.
A. begins B. began C. begun D. is begining
翻译
一个人可以失败很多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他就还不是一个失败者。
答案：A
提示：until是连词，意思是“直到……”，常用一般现在时表将来。