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詞匯梳理：
rumor: 謠言
horrifying: 恐怖的；令人震驚的； 使人毛骨悚然的
weight: 體重
albatross: 信天翁【肥婆】
immediately: 立即
broadcast: 報道
重點單詞精學：
Rumor
Exp. information spread by being talked about but not certainly true 傳說; 傳聞; 謠言
Eg. Rumor has it that he was fired.
據說他給解雇了。
Eg. There are rumors of an impending merger.
有謠傳說是快要合并了。
Eg. I heard a rumor that he was leaving.
我聽人說他要走了.
Horrifying
Eg. She shrank back from the horrifying spectacle.
她看到那可怕的景象就往后退。
Eg. He presents his horrifying experience with a noble dispassion.
他以令人佩服的平靜語氣，敘述自己駭人聽聞的經驗。
短語積累：
fly around: 飛來飛去
if and when: 如果，萬一
turn up: 出現
carry weight：有分量；有影響
to make others feel bad to make you feel good：把別人的痛苦建立在自己的快樂之上
重點短語精學：
fly around
Eg. Birds fly around singing.
小鳥飛來飛去哼著歌兒。
Eg. How can bats fly around at night?
蝙蝠黑夜里怎樣飛行？
if and when
Eg. If and when we ever meet again I hope he remembers to thank me.
倘若我們再有見面之時, 希望他不會忘記謝我.
turn up
Eg. I thought I'd stay in case Mr. Cross does turn up.
我想我還是留下以防Cross先生出現。
Eg. We invited her to dinner but she didn't even bother to turn up.
我們請她吃飯她都不露面。
Eg. I'm sure your watch will turn up one of these days.
我擔保你的手表準有一天能找到。
carry weight
Eg. As we enjoy seniority, our words will be listened to and will carry weight. So we have to be careful what we say.
我們這些老資格，講話是有人聽的，是有分量的，所以要慎重。
Eg. Our boss' s opinions seem to carry very little weight at home.
我們老板的意見在家里似乎沒有什么權威。
臺詞解析：
Rumors are flying around town those horrifying......
句中的fly around town意思是在城市里飛來飛去，這里比喻指傳言在整個城市傳來傳去，到處散布。
