再透漏多一点嘛

SCENE③ A  当天晚上，下课后  柔丝家

【再透漏多一点嘛】

 

Rose:       (at the door) Oh, hi Sue. Why are you so late?

柔丝：      （站在门口）喔，嗨，苏。你怎么这么晚才来？

 

Sue:         I had to ¹⁾ run an errand. How was your first class with Herbert?

苏：          我得去办点事。你跟赫伯特的第一堂课上得如何？

 

Rose:       Well, the class went quite well.

柔丝：      嗯，课上得还不错。                

 

Sue:         Tell me more. I ²⁾ noticed...

苏：          继续，继续！我有注意到喔……

 

Rose:                 Noticed what?

柔丝：      注意到什么？

 

Sue:         I noticed there was no music in your classroom. Why was it so quiet?

苏：          我注意到你的教室都没有音乐声，为什么那么安静？

 

Rose:       Sue, it's ³⁾ none of your business! We talked the whole time.

柔丝：      苏，这不干你的事！我们一直在讲话。

 

Sue:         All talking, no teaching. That's very interesting. Tell me more!

苏：          都在讲话，不上课。真有意思。再透漏多一点嘛。

语言详解

 

A: They said they were interested in doing business with us.

    他们说过有兴趣和我们做生意。

 

B: So why haven't they given us a firm answer?

    那他们怎么还没给我们确切的答复？

 

【run an errand 跑腿，出公差】

 

run这个字必真有“跑”的动作，例如：run an errand（跑腿），errand则是指差事，工作的意思。

 

The boy, eldest¹ of five children, had to quit school and work as an errand runner.

这男孩是家里五个孩子中的老大，因此必须辍学并找了份跑腿工作。

 

1) run an errand 办一些杂事

2) notice  (v.)注意

3) none of... business  不干（某人）的事

1 eldest   

adj.最年长的，最年老的

参考例句：

• The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
• The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承。