职场英语百科：有关传言的对话(1)

有什么消息?

Any news?

(有什么消息?)

Not yet, I’m afraid.

(很遗憾没有。)

news “消息”、 “资讯”。

I’m afraid. 用于说出令人不快的事实等场合。

Have you heard anything?

Any information?

我已经听说了。

Let me tell you the story.

(我来给你讲一下。)

I’ve heard it already.

(我已经听说了。)

I’ve already heard that.

That’s old news.

(那已经是过时的资讯了。)

我想起来了。

He was our manager.

(他曾经是我们的经理。)

That rings a bell.

(我想起来了。)

manager “经理”、 “经营者”。

ring “响”。bell “钟”。ring a bell “引起模糊回忆”。习惯用语， 这么记下来就可以了。

That sounds familiar.

(好像有点熟。)

familiar “熟悉的”。

Oh, maybe I remember now.

(哦， 我好像记起来了。)

maybe “也许”。remember “想起”。

对了……

His plane comes in at one o’clock.

(他的飞机1点到达。)

That reminds me, what time do you want to go to lunch?

(对了， 你想几点吃午饭?)

remind “使想起”。

Oh, yeah, ...

(哦， 对了……)

By the way, ...

(顺便问一下……)

这可真有意思。

The meeting ended abruptly.

(会议突然结束了。)

That’s interesting.

(这可真有意思。)

interesting表示“有趣的”， 这里略带讽刺， 会话中常会用到。相当于中文的“奇怪”、 “可笑”。

That’s an interesting development.

That’s bizarre.

(有点怪。)

That’s out of the ordinary.

out of the ordinary “异常的”。

你肯定吗?

He just got married.

(他刚结婚。)

Are you sure?

(你肯定吗?)

be sure “确定”。

Are you positive?

positive “确信的”。

Really?

好像是真的。

I heard that the ABC Company is doing well.

(我听说ABC公司经营得不错。)

That sounds true.

(好像是真的。)

be doing well “顺利”、 “干得不错”。

That sounds right.

(好像是。)

right “正确的”。

That sounds like a fact.

(好像确有其事。)

fact “事实”。

那也许是真的。

Did you hear the rumor?

(你听到传言了吗?)

It might be true.

(那也许是真的。)

rumor “谣言”、 “传言”。

might “也许……”。

It could be true.

could “也许”、

It’s possible it’s true.

possible “可能的”。