迷你對話學地道口語第1349期:談話的中心;大家的話題
第一，迷你對話
A: Do you know that Elton John will show up at the party this weekend?
你知道Elton John在週末的舞會出現嗎？
B: Really? I didn't hear of that.
震動嗎，我沒有聽說。
A: That is the talk of the town.
大家都在說這事。
B: I'm not interested in that.
我對這沒興趣。
第二，地道表達
the talk of the town
1. 解詞釋義
The talk of the town的意思是“談話的中心”“談話的焦點”。
2. 拓展範例
E.g. Mr. Smith is now the talk of the town.
史密斯先生現在成了全城人的話題。
E.g. The news soon became the talk of the town across the land.
這條新聞很快就成爲全國談論的話題。
E.g. The film star's engagement with the mayor became the talk of the town.
那電影明星和市長訂婚弄得滿城風雨。
E.g. It's the talk of the town that he met a rich widow a few days ago.
到處都在傳說他幾天前遇到了一位有錢的寡婦。
第三，視野拓展
show up ：出現，現身
E.g. What puzzles me is why they didn't show up.
令我百思不解的是他們爲什麼沒有出現。
E.g. Why didn't you show up at the meeting yesterday ?
昨天的會你怎麼沒來參加？
at the party ：在晚會上
E.g. All the guests were graciously served at the party.
宴會上所有客人都受到殷勤款待。
E.g. I overate at the party last night and got violent indigestion.
昨日晚宴我吃多了， 嚴重消化不良。
hear of ：聽說
E.g. It gratified me to hear of your success.
獲悉你取得成功我甚感欣慰。
E.g. I was shocked to hear of his poor death.
聽到他慘遭不幸的噩耗, 我十分震驚。
be interested in:感興趣於......
E.g. Among all the merchandise, I was interested in the cotton piece in particular.
在所有商品中, 我對棉布特別感興趣。
E.g. He wasn't interested in her stage career.
他對她的演戲職業不感興趣。
