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英语口语练习小对话第617期:令人震惊的事情或人

2014-07-03来源:和谐英语

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Subject：Whoa, that is a bombshell.

迷你对话

A: Shirley, have you heard that our general manager has resigned his post?

Shirley，我们总经理辞职了，你听说了吗？

B: Really? Whoa, that is a bombshell. Had has always done very well.

真的吗？哇，那是个惊人的消息呀。他一直都做得很好呀。

地道表达

bombshell

1. 解释

Bomb是“炸弹”的意思，引申为“引起震惊的人或事”或“出乎意料的人或事”。Bombshell的意思就是“令人震惊的人或事”。和drop连用，即为：drop a bombshell，意思是“宣布令人震惊的消息”。This is a bombshell。表示感叹：真是个惊人的好消息呀。

2. 例句

e.g. The news of his death was a bombshell.

他逝世的消息使人震惊。

e.g. It was then that he dropped the bombshell—he wasn't planning to come with us.

那时他突然宣布一个令人不快的消息，他不准备跟我们一起去了。

e.g. The news came as a bombshell.

这个消息令人震惊。