迷你對話學地道口語第1116期:刺探,四處打聽

第一， 迷你對話

A: I hear that you are dating with Sam recently.

聽說你最近和Sam在約會。

B: Yes. But why are interested in it?

是的，你怎麼會感興趣啊？

A: Well, I don’t want to nose around, but you really don’t mind his past?

嗯，不是我貪嘴，你真的不在乎他的過去嗎？

B: It’s his future but not his past that matters.

重要的是他的將來而不是過去。

第二， 地道表達

nose around

1. 解詞釋義

Nose around直譯爲“用鼻子到處嗅”，引申爲“探問，單停，刺探”等意思。

2. 拓展範例

e.g. After eating their food, you still have to poke your nose around and try to pry into their secrets.

吃了人家的飯，還要管閒事，探聽人家陰私。

e.g. He is fond of nosing about for grapevine news．

他愛打聽小道消息。

e.g. The detective was nosing around in the crowd，looking for pickpockets．

偵探在人羣中搜尋扒手。

e.g. You've been nosing around for some cheap accusation for months and now you think you have it.

好幾個月來，你就在四處打聽，想找出什麼罪名來。 現在你以爲你找到了。

第三， 咬文嚼字

interested in：對……感興趣

e.g. He was not interested in her stage career.

他對她的演戲職業不感興趣。

e.g. He may arrive on time if he is interested in the match.

如果他對這場比賽感興趣,他可能會按時到。

date with：和…..約會

e.g. He would be ready now to keep a date with some girlfriend.

這時他做好了準備，好去和哪個女友幽會。

e.g. Karen has a date with Paul on Friday.

星期五凱倫和保羅有個約會。