b. I think we're going to have a wasted trip if they aren't at home today.
Have a wasted trip definition: to go somewhere and when you arrive there you can't do(for some reason) what you intended to do, to go somewhere for nothing.
我知道，“葉公好龍”的你千說萬說“要語言環境”，一旦上面這些真正的“語言環境”給你時，你又做“葉公”的了。
再來一段“更難”的“語言環境”：
4.Sometimes its a Wasted Trip - Walk Away.BUSTED:Have you ever driven hours to go look at an old car only to get there and find out it was not as “expected.” That happened to Kaia and me yesterday as we got up early and headed out on a 3-hour drive to purchase a 1978 450SL. Recently we have been “hunting” for an R107 chassis for use in doing some new videos and repair kits for the M116 and M117 V8 engines.
From the add, this one seemed like the perfect candidate. Straight body, good paint, no rust, recently rebuilt engine ($5000 in receipts), BUT it would not go into reverse and the seats needed recovering. The seller had been told he needed a new transmission and was ready to sell it “cheap.”
When we got there all looked good for an easy restoration, but upon closer inspection, we found something we could not live with and ended up driving home empty handed.
4) 英語之外有英語：Put English into English口語訓練：
1. Okay.I see.If you go somewhere and when you arrive there you can't do(for some reason) what you intended to do, to go somewhere for nothing, you may say：
I wasted my trip. It's a wasted trip and a wast of my time.
如果你“受不了”你日思夜想的英語語言環境學英語，你還是老老實實回到“中文語言環境”，讓“老師”一句中文一句英語的教你英語吧。
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