地道美語：A Little Bird Told Me（音頻文字）

地道美語: A Little Bird Told Me 來源：VOA Jessica在北京學中文，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麽說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是怡茹要問的：道聽途說。 YR: Jessica, Congratulations! And I'm mad at you. Jessica: What? Why? What's going on? YR: 我聽說你交了個特帥的男朋友，所以當然恭喜你一下。不過，咱倆是好朋友，你居然瞞著我，所以我生氣。 Jessica: What boyfriend? Where did you hear it? YR: 大家都這麽說。怎麽說來著，street words say... Jessica: Do you mean "word on the street"? YR: 對! Word on the street is you've got a new boyfriend! 坊間傳言，您交了新男友。 Jessica: Gosh. This is pure rumor! Yiru, you must tell me who told you this. I need to dispel this rumor. YR: 我也是道聽途說，這樣吧，你告訴我道聽途說用美語怎麽說，我就告訴你傳謠言的人是誰。 Jessica: Deal! 道聽途說...Let me see...Okay, you can say "I heard something through the grapevine." Grapevine is spelt g-r-a-p-e-v-i-n-e. YR: grapevine是葡萄藤的意思，I heard it through the grapevine 就是“通過葡萄藤聽來的消息”，也就是道聽途說。還有別的說法麽？ Jessica: You can also say "a little bird told me." For example, if you don'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，真可愛，A little bird told me, 小鳥告訴我的。 Jessica: 好啦，現在你可以告訴我了吧？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 bird told me," usually it means both you and I actually know the source of the information, but neither of us wants to say it. 可我現在不知道啊! YR: 原來，在用 a little bird told me 的時候，大家對消息來源其實都心知肚明，隻是故意不說。好吧，那我告訴你吧，其實---I heard the rumor through the grapevine. Jessica: Hey. YR: 今天我們學的內容包括：第一，坊間傳言可以說Word on the street is...; 第二，道聽途說可以說 I heard it through the grapevine; 第三，大家心照不宣地不挑名消息來源，可以說 A little bird told me.