【口语版】Gossip八卦

欢迎关注微信公众号：英语主播Emily 回复：节目，即可获取该课程的跟读练习课程 In the office, Steven and Susan are talking about some gossip. 办公室里，史蒂文和苏珊在讨论一些绯闻。 A: It’s rumoured that Jane is fooling around with another woman's husband. 谣传珍与有妇之夫鬼混。 B: You gossip. What's the basis of your opinion? 你真八卦，你这样说有什么根据啊？ A: Someone declared that he saw it. 有人声称亲眼看见的。 B: I don't believe it. Jane is such a kind lady. How could she do this? 我才不相信呢，珍那么善良的人，怎么会做出这种事情？ A: Who knows? You can't judge a book by its cover. 谁知道呢？知人知面不知心啊。 B: Maybe 或许吧。 gossip ①n.流言蜚语；闲言碎语 例句： I've got some juciy gossip for you. 我有些特别有趣的八卦要告诉你。 ②n.喜欢传播流言蜚语的人；爱说长道短的人 You're such a gossip. 你真是个八卦王。 My neibour is such a gossip（n）. She likes to gossip(v) about others. 我的邻居是个八卦王。她喜欢八卦别人的事情。 ③v.传播流言蜚语；说三道四；说长道短 I wouldn't want others to gossip about me, so I don't gossip about others. 我不希望别人八卦我，所以我也不八卦别人。 rumour 谣言；传闻 start/spread a rumour 制造/散布谣言 Rumours are flying. 谣言四起 You shouldn't spread rumours. 你不应该散布谣言。 I heard a rumour that they are getting married. 我听到传闻，说他们要结婚了。 Rumours are flying about the company's financial trouble. 关于公司财务困难的谣言四起。 Rumour has it that... 有传言说... Rumour has it that John got a pink slip this morning. 有传闻说约翰今天早上接到了解雇通知书。 It's (widely) rumoured that... （到处）有传闻说... It's widely rumoured that she's getting promoted. 到处都在传她要被提拔了。 fool around 鬼混；闲逛 例句： You can't fool around with dangerous chemicals. 你不应该玩弄危险的化学品。 Fred did nothing but fool around all day. 佛瑞德整天游手好闲什么也不做。 Don't fool around. Come and do your homework. 别瞎闹了。快来写作业。 declare 声称；宣布 declare war 宣战 We declared our support for the proposal. 我们声明了我们支持这项提议。 judge a book by its cover 以貌取人 例句： You shouldn't judge a book by its cover. 你不应该以貌取人。 People always judge a book by its cover. 人们总是会以貌取人。