A: Have you heard the gossip about Bill Gates?
你聽過關於比爾蓋茲的流言嗎? B: No. I am not interested in those gossips.
沒有。我對那些謠言沒興趣。
・Stop gossiping behind his back.
別在他背後說閒話。 ・My neighbor is nice, but she loves gossiping.
我的鄰居人很好,但她喜歡說三道四。
2. Rumor
[名詞] 謠言,傳聞
[及物動詞] 胡扯,謠傳(常用被動語態)
・Do you know the rumor about that village?
你知道關於那個村子的謠言嗎? ・Almost every day a new rumor is started on SNS.
幾乎每天都有新的謠言在社群網路上傳播。
・I heard the rumor that Mary is getting married.
我聽到瑪麗要結婚的傳聞。 ・Rumors spread like wildfire.
謠言傳得很快。
3. False rumor
[名詞] 謠言
・He invented a false rumor.
他編造了一個謠言。 ・She was spreading a false rumor.
她在散播謠言。 ・A lot of people went to pharmacies to buy up toilet paper because of the false rumors.
很多人因為謠言去藥局搶購衛生紙。
來看看「謠言」在不同情況下的例句!
現在,我們要用前面介紹的
「Gossip」
「Rumor」
「False rumor」
,建立三個分別在不同情況下使用的對話。
建議大家可以把這三個表達特別劃線,再大聲讀個幾遍。
Part1.「Gossip」明星的整形故事
A: What are you reading?
你在讀什麼? B: Just the latest celebrity gossip. Do you know that Amelia, the successful actress, has had five plastic surgery operations on her face?
只是最新的名人八卦。你知道嗎,那個很成功的女演員艾米莉亞做過五次整容手術? A: I knew that. Her face has significantly changed from the day she debuted.
我知道。她的臉從出道那天就變了很多。
Part 2.「Rumor」不相信男友出軌的女人
A: Hey, did you hear that Max is dating Lily.
嘿,你聽說 Max在跟 Lily約會嗎? B: Where did you hear from that?
你從哪裡聽來的? A: I heard it from the grapevine.
我從小道消息聽來的。 B: You shouldn’t believe rumors.
你不該相信謠言。 A: What do you mean?
你這是什麼意思? B: Between you and me, I am dating Max.
偷偷告訴你,我正在和 Max約會。 A: You must be kidding! That means he is a two-timer?
你一定在開玩笑!所以他腳踏兩條船? B: I am sure it must be a groundless rumor.
我敢說這一定是毫無根據的謠言。
Part 3.「False rumor」因假消息而囤積衛生紙
A: Did you hear the news about the sold out toilet papers at every store you go to?
你聽說了嗎?每間店的衛生紙都賣光了。 B: No. I didn’t. Why did that happen?
沒有,我沒聽說。為什麼會這樣? A: Some people believed a false rumor on twitter. But worst of all, the media reported the event comically. As a result, thousands of people rushed into the stores and cleaned out toilet paper.
有些人相信了推特上的謠言。但最糟糕的是,媒體把這件事報導得很滑稽。結果成千上萬的人湧進商店,把衛生紙一掃而空。