地道英语：消息来源可靠

　　Straight from the horses mouth

　　(Galloping hooves)

　　Finn: Hello, Im Finn and were presenting this Authentic Real English on horseback. Im joined by

　　(Horse whinny)

　　Finn: Sorry about that - by Feifei...

　　Feifei: Hello. 大家好!是的，我们骑在马背上，欣赏着威尔士美丽的山景。

　　Finn: Isnt it glorious?

　　Feifei: Beautiful. A million miles away from London.

　　(Horse whinny)

　　Finn: Eh, talking about London - you know our friend Mark, did you hear his news?

　　Feifei: No, what happened?

　　Finn: Great news for him. He sold his ice-cream delivery company.

　　Feifei: Wow!

　　Finn: And he made 500,000.

　　Feifei: Really? Thats great news. Where did you hear that?

　　Finn: Straight from the horses mouth.

　　(Horse whinny)

　　Feifei: Eh - from our horse? Our horse told you about Mark?

　　Finn: No, straight from the horses mouth means...

　　Feifei: I know what it means, just kidding! Straight from the horses mouth 的意思是指消息来自最直接、最可靠的来源。也就是说 Mark 本人呢告诉了 Finn 他卖了自己冰淇淋生意的消息。Right, Finn?

　　Finn: Absolutely. Listen to these examples:

　　A: Our university is going to start teaching courses in oceanography.

　　B: Really? How do you know that?

　　A: Straight from the horses mouth the head of the university told me.

　　A: Are you sure Michael is coming tomorrow? I havent seen him for ages.

　　B: Yes, straight from the horses mouth. He phoned me yesterday to tell me!

　　Feifei: Anyway, whats Mark going to do next?

　　Finn: Apparently hes starting a new ice-cream business - with lots of crazy flavours.

　　Feifei: Like what?

　　Finn: Grass-flavoured ice-cream.

　　Feifei: Really?

　　Finn: Sure I heard it straight from the...

　　Feifei: ...horses mouth!

　　(Horse whinny)

　　Feifei: Well, I think our horse friend might enjoy grass-flavoured ice-cream 青草味冰激淋，我觉得肯定不会好吃。好了，别忘了登陆 BBC Learning English 网站学习更多流行地道的英语表达。

　　Finn: Bye. Giddy up.

　　(Horse whinny and gallops off)