王强口语 第一册 long conversation 14.3

　　C: (The phone rings)
Granddad: Victor! This is for you!
Victor: (Picking up the phone) H-hi, Cathy! Y-yes I know I'm 20 minutes late! I can explain...what? If I'm not at your house in 15 minutes our date is off? But... Grandpa! Please help me out! I've got to find those car keys!
Granddad: Victor! I checked every drawer in the house! There wasn't a sign of the keys!
Victor: It's hopeless¹! My time is up! My date with Cathy is history! She'll never go out with me again! Where can those stupid² keys be?
 

1 hopeless   

adj.无希望的，绝望的，毫无办法的

参考例句：

• Jim's plan seemed hopeless,but he brought it off.吉姆的计划看起来没希望实现，但是他成功了。
• I'm hopeless at Maths.我的数学很糟糕。

2 stupid   

adj.愚蠢的，笨拙的，麻木的，无趣味的；n.傻瓜

参考例句：

• The boy is too stupid.那个男孩太笨了。
• He must be really stupid.那他一定很傻。