【口語(yǔ)版】Gossip八卦

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In the office, Steven and Susan are talking about some gossip.

辦公室里，史蒂文和蘇珊在討論一些緋聞。

A: It’s rumoured that Jane is fooling around with another woman's husband. 

謠傳珍與有婦之夫鬼混。

B: You gossip. What's the basis of your opinion? 

你真八卦，你這樣說(shuō)有什么根據(jù)??？

A: Someone declared that he saw it. 

有人聲稱親眼看見(jiàn)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，怎么會(huì)做出這種事情？

A: Who knows? You can't judge a book by its cover. 

誰(shuí)知道呢？知人知面不知心啊。

B: Maybe

或許吧。

gossip

①n.流言蜚語(yǔ)；閑言碎語(yǔ)

例句：

I've got some juciy gossip for you.

我有些特別有趣的八卦要告訴你。

②n.喜歡傳播流言蜚語(yǔ)的人；愛(ài)說(shuō)長(zhǎng)道短的人

You're such a gossip.

你真是個(gè)八卦王。

My neibour is such a gossip（n）. She likes to gossip(v) about others.

我的鄰居是個(gè)八卦王。她喜歡八卦別人的事情。

③v.傳播流言蜚語(yǔ)；說(shuō)三道四；說(shuō)長(zhǎng)道短

I wouldn't want others to gossip about me, so I don't gossip about others.

我不希望別人八卦我，所以我也不八卦別人。

rumour

謠言；傳聞

start/spread a rumour

制造/散布謠言

Rumours are flying.

謠言四起

You shouldn't spread rumours.

你不應(yīng)該散布謠言。

I heard a rumour that they are getting married.

我聽(tīng)到傳聞，說(shuō)他們要結(jié)婚了。

Rumours are flying about the company's financial trouble.

關(guān)于公司財(cái)務(wù)困難的謠言四起。

Rumour has it that...

有傳言說(shuō)...

Rumour has it that John got a pink slip this morning.

有傳聞?wù)f約翰今天早上接到了解雇通知書。

It's (widely) rumoured that...

（到處）有傳聞?wù)f...

It's widely rumoured that she's getting promoted.

到處都在傳她要被提拔了。

fool around

鬼混；閑逛

例句：

You can't fool around with dangerous chemicals.

你不應(yīng)該玩弄危險(xiǎn)的化學(xué)品。

Fred did nothing but fool around all day.

佛瑞德整天游手好閑什么也不做。

Don't fool around. Come and do your homework.

別瞎鬧了。快來(lái)寫作業(yè)。

declare

聲稱；宣布

declare war

宣戰(zhàn)

We declared our support for the proposal.

我們聲明了我們支持這項(xiàng)提議。

judge a book by its cover

以貌取人

例句：

You shouldn't judge a book by its cover.

你不應(yīng)該以貌取人。

People always judge a book by its cover.

人們總是會(huì)以貌取人。