VOA慢速英语:Tell Them You 'Heard it Through the Grapevine'(翻译)

短语讲解：

1. They said it looked like a grapevine.

look like 看起来与（某人或某物）相像[相似];
例句：It doesn't look like rain.
不像要下雨的样子。

2. They spread so fast that people believed there were “grapevine telegraphs” sending messages from a number of different places.

a number of 一些; 许多的
例句：They found a number of simple expediencies to dissolve the contract.
他们找出了许多解除合同的简便方法。

3. One soon heard the phrase, “by the grapevine” to describe false as well as true reports from the battlefield.

as well as 也，又
例句：They visited some factories, hospitals as well as the school.
他们参观了这所学校，还参观了工厂和医院。

4. People wondered where the secret information came from.

come from 源自; 来自某处; 出生于
例句：He's just come from the countryside.
他刚从乡下来。