英语俚语习语小对话第25期: "私家侦探"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

习语：a private eye

讲解：a private eye 是美国俚语，相当于a private detective 指“私家侦探”。

支持范例：

The only way he could find out if they were having an affair would be to hire a private eye.
他能查出他们之间是否有暧昧关系的唯一办法就是雇个私人侦探。

英语情景对话：

A: What’s his job?
他是做什么的？

B: He used to be a policeman.
他过去是当警察的。

A: But Mrs. Smith hired him to find her lost son.
可史密斯太太雇用他寻找失散的儿子。

B: Yeah. He's a private eye now.
没错，他现在是私家侦探了。

英语学习笔记：

used to do sth：过去常常做某事

lost son：失散的儿子