第一， 迷你對話

A: You look scared today. What’s wrong with you?

你今天看上去很驚恐，怎么啦？

B: The criminal told me to keep my mouth shut.

罪犯告訴我不能聲張。

A: Criminal? What do you mean? Didn’t you run into…

罪犯？你是說什么？難道你遇到了……

B: A robbery. The robber threatened to kill me if I told anyone about him.

一宗搶劫案，搶劫犯說如果我告訴任何人一個他的事情，他就要殺掉我。

A: Don’t be afraid. Let’s call the police. They will help us.

別害怕，咱們給警察打個電話，他們會幫助我們的。

第二， 地道表達

keep one’s mouth shut

1. 解詞釋義

Keep one’s mouth shut意思是“不要說出去，不要聲張”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. You keep your mouth shut until you're spoken to.

等別人跟你說話時你再開口。

e.g. The policeman was given a bribe of 500 to keep his mouth shut.

向該警察行賄500英鎊讓他閉口不言。

e.g. When your heart is full, keep your mouth shut also.

在你心滿意足的時候，千萬不要聲張。

e.g. I won't keep my mouth shut, and you won't buy me off.

我是不會保持沉默的，你也別想收買我。

第三， 咬文嚼字

run into：遭遇……

e.g. If you travel alone in the forest, you may run into danger.

如果你獨自在森林里行走，你會遇到危險的。

e.g. He began to run into debt.

他背上了債務。