概要：Haveyouheardthe rumor?SomeonesaidtheSmithsgotdivorced.22．听说她出生于一个富裕家庭。I hearshecomesfromawell-offfamily.23．很明显，比尔被女朋友甩了。Apparently，Bill wasjilted.24．你听说了吗？他妈妈因逃税被抓起来了。Didyouhearhismotherwas arrestedfortaxevasion?25．可不要对别人说哦。Thisisstrictlyoff therecord.【解说】21．说一些谣传时，可以用Haveyouheard…?或Didyou hear…?开始。比如Haveyouheard/DidyouhearthatMr.Greenisleavingthe company?（你听说格林先生要辞职吗？）使用rumor的表达方式有Rumorhasitthat/Rumorgoesthat Mr.Greenisleavingthecompany.&rdq
缤纷英语口语50句,标签：大学生活英语作文,英语教程,http://www.laixuea.comHave you heard the rumor? Someone said the Smiths got divorced.
22． 听说她出生于一个富裕家庭。
I hear she comes from a well-off family.
23． 很明显，比尔被女朋友甩了。
Apparently，Bill was jilted.
24． 你听说了吗？他妈妈因逃税被抓起来了。
Did you hear his mother was arrested for tax evasion?
25． 可不要对别人说哦。
This is strictly off the record.
【解说】
21． 说一些谣传时，可以用Have you heard…?或 Did you hear…?开始。比如Have you heard/Did you hear that Mr. Green is leaving the company?（你听说格林先生要辞职吗？）使用rumor的表达方式有Rumor has it that /Rumor goes that Mr. Green is leaving the company.”（听说格林先生要辞职）
22． I hear …也表示听说。21中的 Someone said …或I hear 也表示传闻，如Someone said/ I hear that Tom is leaving the company.
23． Apparently用来表示相当有把握的信息
24． 与21同样表示传闻，同样的表达方式还有 This is just between us/ ourselves（这话到此为止）
25． 要注意off the record有定冠词 the .
谈论生活方式
Talking about Lifestyles
出生地和家庭情况是人们常谈论的话题，但仅仅谈论地点名称或者有无兄弟之类的话，不免太枯燥无味。
家庭、亲戚
26． 我曾被叫做“挂钥匙儿童”。
I was a so-called latchkey kid.
27． 我爸爸把家庭放在第一位。
My father puts family before everything else.
28． 照顾爷爷是件很辛苦的事。
Taking care of my grandfather is a lot of work.
29． 我们和亲戚之间不大走动。
We don’t have much to do with our relatives.
30． 新年那天，所有亲戚都聚集在我家里。
On New Year’s Day, all the relatives get together at my house.
【解说】
26． So-called意为号称、所谓的，如He’s a so-called Christian, but he never seems to go to church. （他号称是基督教徒，可是很少看到他去教堂）
27． 请记住put A before B (把A放在B之前)这种表达方式。如He puts his work before his family.（他重视工作甚于家庭）。He puts quantity before quality.（他重视数量甚于质量）。
28． 照顾（小孩或者病人）一般使用take care of ~,也可以表示负责作～。如I’ll take care of buying food.(我负责购买食物)。
29． Don’t have much to do with ～表示与与～不达有关系，do with ~ 此处意为be connected with ~（与～有关系）have something to do with ~表示与～多少有点儿关系，have nothing to do with ~ 表示与～毫无关系。
30． Get together集合也可以用have a reunion来表示，后者多用来表示没有什么特别节目的聚会。
住宅、环境
31． 我想要间更大的房子。
I wish I had a bigger house.
32． 一个人生活有时会感到忧郁。
Sometimes it’s depressing when you live alone.
33． 我家房子盖了有20年了。
My house is 20 years old.
34． 去城里的电车一小时只有一趟。
There’s only one train into town per hour.