迷你對話學地道口語第617期:令人震驚的事情或人

Subject：Whoa, that is a bombshell.

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迷你對話

A: Shirley, have you heard that our general manager has resigned his post?

Shirley，我們總經理辭職了，你聽說了嗎？

B: Really? Whoa, that is a bombshell. Had has always done very well.

真的嗎？哇，那是個驚人的消息呀。他一直都做得很好呀。

地道表達

bombshell

1. 解詞釋義

Bomb是“炸彈”的意思，引申爲“引起震驚的人或事”或“出乎意料的人或事”。Bombshell的意思就是“令人震驚的人或事”。和drop連用，即爲：drop a bombshell，意思是“宣佈令人震驚的消息”。This is a bombshell。表示感嘆：真是個驚人的好消息呀。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. The news of his death was a bombshell.

他逝世的消息使人震驚。

e.g. It was then that he dropped the bombshell—he wasn't planning to come with us.

那時他突然宣佈一個令人不快的消息，他不準備跟我們一起去了。

e.g. The news came as a bombshell.

這個消息令人震驚。

e.g. She dropped her bombshell that he had been pregnant.

她說出了令人震驚的她懷孕了的事情。

Ps：resign one’s post的意思是“辭職”。