Brooke: how was school today, Dominic?

Dominic: I hate school!

B: why? What happened?

D: I messed up my mid-term exam so badly today!

B: it's just one exam. Can you re-take the exam?

D: yes, but it's so humiliating! I don't want my friends to know I failed!

B: why didn't you do a good job?

D: I don't know. I sat down in my seat, looked at my paper, and then my mind just went totally blank.

B: do you think you studied enough for the exam?

D: no...

B: what did you do last night?

D: I watched TV.

B: did you study at all last night for your exam?

D: no, not really.

B: I am sure if you had studied, you would have done well. When can you re-take your exam?

D: tomorrow.

B: alright. Get out your books and I'll help you prepare.

多米尼克,今天上学怎么样?

我讨厌上学.

为什么?出什么事了?

今天我期中考试考砸了!

那不过是一次考试.你能补考吗?

可以,可是实在是太丢脸了!我不想让我的同学们知道我考试不及格.

你为什么没考好?

我不清楚.我坐在座位上,盯着卷子看,大脑一片空白.

你觉得你考试准备得充分吗?

不怎么好…

你昨晚干什么了?

我看电视来着.

那你为了复习功课熬通宵了吗?

没有,没怎么熬.

我敢肯定你学习了,你本来会考得很好的.什么时候补考.

明天.

好的,拿出你的书,我帮你复习.

Mess up: to spoil sth or do it badly 把…弄糟;胡乱地做

I've really messed up this time.

这次我真的把事情给弄糟了。

If you cancel now you'll mess up all my arrangements.

如果你现在取消，就会破坏我所有的安排。

Humiliating:耻辱的

a humiliating defeat

耻辱的失败

It was the most humiliating night of his life.

那是他一生中最感羞辱的一夜。

Blank: showing no feeling, understanding or interest 没表情的;不理解的;不感兴趣的

She stared at me with a blank expression on her face.

她木然地盯着我。

Steve looked blank and said he had no idea what I was talking about.

史蒂夫显得很迷惑，说他不知道我在说什么。

Suddenly my mind went blank (= I could not remember anything).

我脑子里突然一片空白。