1·It is an awful shame to cheat money out of a kid of five years old.
骗一个五岁的孩子是一件非常可耻的事。
2·Shame it's such terrible movies that seem to be hitting it big in China. Pacific Rim? Transformers? Warcraft? These are awful action movies (and I usually like action movies).
如此糟糕的电影在中国大卖真是耻辱。《环太平洋》?《变形金刚》?《魔兽》?这些都是糟糕的动作片。（要知道我基本上很喜欢动作片的啊）
3·Still, secrets can be an awful burden to bear, especially if some sense of shame is attached to them, even if the source of the shame is not the secret holder.
尽管如此，秘密也可以成为难以承受的重负，特别是如果它们与某种羞耻感有关，尽管羞耻感并不是来自掌握秘密的人。
4·"You seem to know an awful lot about coffee, " she said over her shoulder. "It's a shame that we have to cut our conversation short. Unless …"
“你好象对咖啡的了解很有一套，”她头也不回地说。“真可惜我们只能谈到这儿了，除非…”