迷你对话学地道口语第877期:走漏风声;泄露机密

 　　第一， 迷你对话

　　A: You really want to tell her all the things Jack¹ has done? I think you have to handle the situation with kid gloves.

　　你真想告诉她杰克的所作所为吗？我认为你最好三思而后行。

　　B: I know how to put her in the picture about what is going on.

　　我知道怎么把话题引出来。

　　A : But do you think she could endure it if you let the cat out of the bag.

　　但是你觉得你告诉她真相，她受得了吗？

　　B: It is certainly too much for her to bear, but I’ll put out a feeler before I move on.

　　她肯定受不了的，我想试试看她反应如何。

　　cat out of the bag

　　1. 解词释义

　　Cat out of the bag的字面意思是“袋子里的猫”，比喻为“秘密”的意思。它通常和let连用，即：let the cat out of the bag。Let the cat out of the bag的字面意思是“让猫从袋子里跑出来了”，比喻为“说走嘴了而泄露秘密”“走漏风声”“泄漏隐秘的消息”等等意思。

　　2. 拓展范例

　　e.g. I've let the cat out of the bag already, Mr. Li, and I might as well tell the whole thing now.

　　我已经无意中泄露了秘密，李先生，干脆现在就把全部情况都告诉你。

　　e.g. I wanted mother's present to be a secret, but my sister let the cat out of the bag.

　　给母亲的礼物我原想保密，可是妹妹却露了马脚。

　　e.g. The criminal was hiding away from the police, but a small boy let the cat out of the bag when he told the police that there was a man in the house.

　　罪犯正躲避警方的搜查,但一位小男孩泄漏了秘密,他告诉警方屋里有一个男人。

　　e.g. That is too bad. I am wondering who let the cat out of the bag. A correspondent has discovered that we are planning a merger² with the XYZ Company.

　　真糟糕，我在想是谁把秘密已经泄漏啦。我们打算与xyz公司合并的计划已经被一个记者探听到了。

　　1. with kid gloves：谨慎小心地，巧妙灵活地；审慎周到地

　　e.g. Well, that was war, and only fools thought it could be waged with kid gloves on.

　　嘿，战争就是这样，只有傻瓜才会以为打起仗来还能那么温良恭让呢。

　　e.g. He gets angry ever easily; you must handle him with kid gloves.

　　他动辄发脾气，你要小心地对付他。

　　e.g. In presidential campaigns, foreign policy is treated with kid gloves.

　　在总统竞选活动中，外交政策问题会被小心对待。

　　e.g. Some artists have to be handled with kid gloves.

　　和有些艺术家打交道时要谨慎。

　　2. put someone in the picture about something：让某人了解某事的具体情况

　　e.g. Members of Parliament insisted on being put in the picture about the government's plans.

　　议员坚持要充分了解政府计画的详情。

　　e.g. Can you put me in the picture about the World Cup Football Match?

　　你能给我讲讲关于世界杯足球赛的状况吗?

　　e.g. He's is away for several week, and we'd better put him in the picture about her daughter’s death at once.

　　他已经离开几星期了，我们最好立即把他女儿死亡的情况告诉他。

　　3. go on：进行，发生

　　e.g. While this conversation was going on, I was listening with earnest attention.

　　这场对话进行的时候，我聚精会神地听着。

　　e.g. I don't know what's going on.

　　我不知道发生了什么事。

　　4. put out a feeler：（用言语和行动）试探某人的反应，提示试探性意见

　　e.g. After five minutes like this, Li Yu-ting could hold out no longer, and decided³ to put out a feeler.

　　大约五分钟过去了，李玉亭再也捱不下，决定先说几句试探的话。

　　e.g. The chairman put out a feeler to see people's remarks to his election speech.

　　主席谨慎地试探人们对他的竞选演说的评论。

　　e.g. Will you give your friends a buzz and put out a feeler to see if they like to offer me a loan?

　　A:给你的朋友打个电话，问问他们能不能给我贷点款好吗？

　　5. move on：(结束某活动后) 改做别事

　　e.g. I'm trying to move on to a new job and stretch myself with something different.

　　我正想换工作，想尝试点不一样的事情来挑战一下自己。

　　e.g. She ran this shop for ten years before deciding to move on to fresh challenges.

　　在决定涉足新的领域时，她经营这家商店已有10年。

　　e.g. His mother, Julia, soon moved on to a new relationship.

　　他妈妈朱莉娅很快又开始了一段新恋情。

　　e.g. Now, can we move on and discuss the vital business of the day.

　　现在，我们接着往下讨论今天的重要事宜。

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。