迷你對話學地道口語第760期:告知壞消息

Subject: I’m going to break the news to my boss.

迷你對話

A: Manager, I want to resign. This is my resignation.

經理，我想辭職。這是我的辭職書。

B: Well, wait a minute. I’m going to break the news to my boss.

嗯，等一會兒。我準備把這一消息告訴老闆。

地道表達

break the news

1. 解詞釋義

Break the news字面意思是“打破消息”，引申爲“把什麼新聞或情況告訴某人”，而往往這種消息是不好的。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. You must break the news of his mother's death gently.

你一定要委婉地把他母親去世的消息告訴他。

e.g. I don't want to be the one to break the news to him.

我不想成爲向他透露該消息的人。

e.g. At this point we must break the news that is wrong.

至此，我們必須透露出這個問題是錯誤的。

e.g. You'd better break the news to him gently that his wife has just been killed in the accident.

你最好溫和一些跟他說,他妻子在事故中不幸遇難。