yr: jessica, congratulations! and i'm mad at you!
jessica: what? why?
what's going on?
yr:我听说你交了个特帅的男朋友！所以当然恭喜你一下喽！不过，咱俩是好朋友，你居然瞒着我，所以我生气啦！
jessica: what boyfriend? where did you hear it?
yr:大家都这么说啊。就是啊怎么说来着，street words say...jessica: do you mean "word on the street"?
yr:对！word on the street is you've got a new boyfriend!坊间传言，你交了新男友哦！
jessica: gosh! this is pure rumor!
yiru, you must tell me who told youthis. i need to dispel this rumor!
yr:我也是道听途说，这样吧，你告诉我道听途说用美语怎么说，我就告诉你传谣言的人是谁！
jessica: deal!道听途说let me see...
okay, you can say "i heardsomethingthroughthegrapevine."哦，grapevine是葡萄藤的意思，i heard it through the grapevine就是"通过葡萄藤听来的消息"，也就是道听途说喽！还有别的说法么？
jessica: you can also say "a little bird told me." for example, if youdon't want to tell others the source of your information, you can say"let's just say i know because a little bird told me.
"yr:哈哈，真可爱，a little bird told me,小鸟告诉我的！
jessica:好啦，现在你可以告诉我了吧？who's spreading the rumor?
yr: well, let's just say a little bird told me!
jessica: hey! that's cheating, yiru!
besides, if you say "a little birdtoldme,",but neither of us wants to say it.可我现在不知道啊！yr:
原来，在用a little bird told me的时候，大家对****其实都心知肚明，只是故意不说。好吧，那我告诉你吧，其实iheardtherumorthroughthegrapevine!jessica:
hey!
yr:今天我们学的内容包括：
第一，坊间传言可以说word on the street is...第二，道听途说可以说i heard it through the grapevine；
地道英语表达“道听途说”
yr jessica,congratulations and i m mad at you jessica what?why?what s going on?yr 我听说你交了个特帅的男朋友！所以当然恭喜你一下喽！不过，咱俩是好朋友，你居然瞒着我，所以我生气啦！jessica what boyfri...
地道英语表达“道听途说”
yr jessica,congratulations and i m mad at you jessica what?why?what s going on?yr 我听说你交了个特帅的男朋友！所以当然恭喜你一下喽！不过，咱俩是好朋友，你居然瞒着我，所以我生气啦！jessica what boyfri...
地道英语表达“道听途说”
yr jessica,congratulations and i m mad at you jessica what?why?what s going on?yr 我听说你交了个特帅的男朋友！所以当然恭喜你一下喽！不过，咱俩是好朋友，你居然瞒着我，所以我生气啦！jessica what boyfri...