第一， 迷你對(duì)話

A: I got the wind of the fact that Ken left his wife.

我聽(tīng)說(shuō)Ken離開(kāi)他妻子了。

B: Yes. Anna told me that their marriage broke up.

是的，Anna告訴我他們的婚姻破裂了。

A: Do you know why?

你知道原因嗎？

B: She didn’t say much but I think there must be a third person involved.

她沒(méi)有說(shuō)很多，但是我想一定是有第三者插足。

A: How do you know that?

你怎么知道的？

B : I saw Ken had dinner with the same lady several times.

我看見(jiàn)好幾次他跟同一個(gè)女人共進(jìn)晚餐。

第二， 地道表達(dá)

get wind of

1. 解詞釋義

Get wind of的意思是“聽(tīng)到某事的風(fēng)聲，聽(tīng)到秘密消息”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. If we lay here in camp, there might be archers skulking down to get wind of us.

如果我們?cè)谶@里宿營(yíng)，可能會(huì)有射手們偷偷摸摸地來(lái)探聽(tīng)我們的虛實(shí)的。

e.g. If they get wind of what we are doing, we'll then be in a very passive position.

如果他們聽(tīng)到風(fēng)聲，知道我們?cè)诟闶裁矗覀兙秃鼙粍?dòng)了。

e.g. They're sure to get wind of you, sure to seek you.

他們一定會(huì)聽(tīng)到關(guān)于你們的風(fēng)聲，一定會(huì)來(lái)找你們的。

e.g. How did you get wind of that terrific business deal?

你是怎么打聽(tīng)到那筆好生意的。

第三， 咬文嚼字

break up：結(jié)束

e.g. They tried to break up the strike by firing many of its leaders.

他們?cè)噲D用解雇許多罷工領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的辦法來(lái)破壞罷工。

e.g. Police were called in to break up the meeting.

出動(dòng)了警察將集會(huì)驅(qū)散。