和老外谈论闲谈,谣传的英语口语

你知道吗？听说史密斯夫妇离婚了。
Have you heard the rumor? Someone said the Smiths got divorced.

【解说】说一些谣传时，可以用Have you heard…?或 Did you hear…?开始。比如Have you heard/Did you hear that Mr. Green is leaving the company?（你听说格
林先生要辞职吗？）使用rumor 的表达方式有Rumor has it that /Rumor goes that Mr. Green is leaving the company.”（听说格林先生要辞职）听说她出生于一个富裕家庭。
I hear she comes from a well-off family.

【解说】I hear …也表示听说。21 中的Someone said …或I hear 也表示传闻，如Someone said/ I hear that Tom is leaving the company.很明显，比尔被女朋友甩了。
Apparently，Bill was jilted.

【解说】Apparently 用来表示相当有把握的信息你听说了吗？他妈妈因逃税被抓起来了。
Did you hear his mother was arrested for tax evasion?

【解说】与21 同样表示传闻，同样的表达方式还有This is just between us/ ourselves（这话到此为止）可不要对别人说哦。
This is strictly off the record.

【解说】要注意off the record 有定冠词the .