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YR: Jessica, congratulations! And I'm mad at you!
Jessica: What? Why? What's going on?
YR: 我听说你交了个特帅的男朋友！所以当然恭喜你一下喽！不过，咱俩是好朋友，你居然瞒着我，所以我生气啦！
Jessica: What boyfriend? Where did you hear it?
YR: 大家都这么说啊。就是……啊……怎么说来着，street words say...
Jessica: Do you mean "word on the street"?
YR: 对！Word on the street is you've got a new boyfriend! 坊间传言，你交了新男友哦！
Jessica: Gosh! This is pure rumor! Yiru, you must tell me who told you this. I need to dispel this rumor!
YR: 我也是道听途说，这样吧，你告诉我道听途说用美语怎么说，我就告诉你传谣言的人是谁！
Jessica: Deal! 道听途说……Let me see...Okay, you can say "I heard something through the grapevine." Grapevine is spelt g-r-a-p-e-v-i-n-e.
YR: 哦，grapevine是葡萄藤的意思，I heard it through the grapevine 就是“通过葡萄藤听来的消息”，也就是道听途说喽！还有别的说法么？
Jessica: You can also say "a little bird told me." For example, if you don't want to tell others the source of your information, you can say "Let's just say I know because a little bird told me."
YR: 哈哈，真可爱，A little bird told me, 小鸟告诉我的！
Jessica: 好啦，现在你可以告诉我了吧？Who's spreading the rumor?
YR: Well, let's just say a little bird told me!
Jessica: Hey! That's cheating, Yiru! Besides, if you say "a little bird told me," usually it means both you and I actually know the source of the information, but neither of us wants to say it. 可我现在不知道啊！
YR: 原来，在用a little bird told me的时候，大家对消息来源其实都心知肚明，只是故意不说。好吧，那我告诉你吧，其实——I heard the rumor through the grapevine!
Jessica: Hey!
YR: 今天我们学的内容包括：
第一，坊间传言可以说 Word on the street is...；
第二，道听途说可以说 I heard it through the grapevine；
第三，大家心照不宣地不挑名消息来源，可以说 A little bird told me。 | 
发表于 2016-8-3 12:55:20