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第一， 迷你對話

A: Mary looks very tired recently.

瑪麗看上去很疲倦。

B: Just because of her family.

那是因為她的家庭的原因。

A: Mary’s been on the outs with her husband?

她和她丈夫關系一直不好嗎？

B: Because she’s leading a double life.

因為她有了婚外戀。

A: Who told you that?

誰告訴你的。

B: I saw her make a pass at a man in the cinema. When I asked her about it later, she had to come clean.

我曾經在電影院看到她與一個男子打情罵俏的。后來問及此事，她承認了。

第二， 地道表達

come clean

1. 解詞釋義

Come clean的意思為“全盤招供”“說出真相”“坦白承認”“老實交代”等。其英文解釋為：to finally tell the truth or admire that you have done something wrong。使用時，與解詞with搭配，表示跟某人說出真相，說實話。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. It would be better if you come clean about it and let her know what kind of man she is seeing.

你最好一五一十地告訴她，讓她知道她正在交往的那個男人是個什么貨色。

e.g. I've got to come `clean with you I was the one who broke the window.

我向你說實話¬——窗戶是我打破的。

e.g. The culprit came clean after long questioning.

經過長時間審訊后, 那罪犯坦白了。

e.g. It's obvious that you did it so you might as well come clean.

顯而易見，那是你干的，因此你不妨全盤招供了。

第三， 詞海拾貝

1. because of：因為，由于

e.g. His later stories are not interesting because of their poverty of imagination.

他后來寫的故事因為缺乏想像力而枯燥乏味。

e.g. All the planes were socked in yesterday because of the thick mist.

由于霧大，昨天所有的飛機都停飛了。

2. on the outs (with)：與……關系不好，與……意見不一

e.g. She’s been on the outs with her husband since she came back from the US.

自從她從美國會來以后，她和丈夫的關系就一直不好。

e.g. Susan and Linda have been on the outs these days.

過去蘇珊和琳達總是爭吵不休。

3. lead a double life：搞兩面派，婚外戀

e.g. Now there are so many programs about extramarital love on TV, tell me, will you try to lead a double life?

現在電視里老演婚外戀，你說你會有婚外戀嗎？

e.g. There are women who lead a double life purely for sex.

有一些女士純粹是為了性而有婚外戀的。

4. make a pass (at)：與……調情挑逗，與……打情罵俏

e.g. The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her.

這個女孩對試圖超過她的男人怒目而視。

e.g. When I fond that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

當一個陌生男子開始向我調情時，我瞪了他一眼就離開。

5. ask sb. about sth. ：詢問某人某事

e.g. After I'd hung up I realized that I had forgotten to ask him about this.

掛了電話我才想起忘了問他這件事。

e.g. After I'd hung up I realized that I had forgotten to ask him about this.

掛了電話我才想起忘了問他這件事。