●fallible (a.) 會犯錯
Everyone of us is fallible. How to rectify our errors is the main point.
我們每人都會犯錯,如何把錯誤改正過來才是重點。
●immaculate/impeccable (a.) 完美無暇的
I'm fed up with being blamed for all the things that go wrong, though I know I'm not immaculate / impeccable.
我自知自己我並非完美,但事情出錯全都怪到我頭上來,已感到膩煩。
●blunder (n.)(一時糊塗而犯的)錯失
Though "To err is human," it's inexcusable to make such a serious blunder.
雖有云「誰能無過」,但犯下如此嚴重錯誤也是不可原諒的。
●be sb's day 某人幸運之日
Farah was out at lunch with her Chinese fianc When she forked the hash brown, the fork slipped and the ketchup was pushed onto the tablecloth and got all over her skirt! It's really not her day.
法拉與中國籍未婚夫外出午膳。她把煎薯餅叉起時,餐叉滑了一下,把番茄醬都推到桌布上,並弄得滿裙子都是。這天實在萬事不如意!
●confess and redress 承認及糾正
We only see the faults of others but are blind to ours. This is something hard for us to confess and redress.
只見人過不見己過,這是我們難以承認及糾正的。
●trial and error 反覆試驗、不停摸索
We sometimes fail. Just learn from it by trial and error which is better than not to have tried at all.
我們有時會嘗到失敗滋味,從不停嘗試中學習,比試也不試要好。
●rub it in 不斷提起某人的錯失或尷尬事
Give the criminals a chance to reform themselves. Don't always rub their past in.
犯人過去的事不要重提,讓他們能有改過自身的機會。