迷你對話學地道口語第980期:遮掩,不要張揚
第一， 迷你對話
A: I am so angry with him that I wouldn’t talk to him any more.
我真生他的氣，我不願意再和她說話了。
B: What’s up?
怎麼啦？
A: I told him to hush up the incident and he promised. But he…
我告訴他不要把這件事情張揚出去，他已經答應了，但是……
B: He didn’t keep it secret?
他沒有保密？
A: You said it. To my surprise, he told it to everybody he knows.
是的，使我吃驚的是，他告訴他所認識的每個人。
第二， 地道表達
hush up something
1. 解詞釋義
Hush up something的意思是“不張揚某事”“遮掩某事”。
2. 拓展範例
e.g. Although they tried to hush up the news, it spread all over the town.
儘管他們極力隱瞞這個消息，但它依然傳遍了全鎮。
e.g. The President tried to hush up the fact that his adviser had lied.
總統試圖掩蓋他的顧問說謊的事實。
e.g. It's impossible to hush a thing like this up.
這種事情是不可能遮掩的。
第三， 咬文嚼字
be angry with sb. ：對…..生氣
e.g. Don't be angry with me for not having written.
別因爲我沒有寫信而生我的氣。
e.g. She wrote me a letter so apparently she is not angry with me.
她給我寫了一封信，所以看來她沒有生我的氣。
keep something secret：保密某事，不要說出某事
e.g. You can speak quite freely in front of me. I promise you to keep secret what you say to me.
你有話可以坦率地對我說,我保證幫你保密。
e.g. It is absolutely vital that the matter be keep secret.
這件事要保密，這是至關重要的。
to one’s surprise：使某人驚奇的是……
e.g. To my surprise, he was not hurt in spite of his fall.
使我驚奇的是，他摔了下來，卻沒有受傷。
e.g. To my surprise, he refused to cooperate with us.
令我吃驚的是,他不肯與我們合作。
第四， 口語短句
You said it. 你說得對。
