迷你对话学地道口语第617期:令人震惊的事情或人

　　Subject：Whoa, that is a bombshell.
迷你对话
A: Shirley, have you heard that our general manager has resigned his post?
Shirley，我们总经理辞职了，你听说了吗？
B: Really? Whoa, that is a bombshell. Had has always done very well.
真的吗？哇，那是个惊人的消息呀。他一直都做得很好呀。
地道表达
bombshell
1. 解词释义
Bomb是“炸弹”的意思，引申为“引起震惊的人或事”或“出乎意料的人或事”。Bombshell的意思就是“令人震惊的人或事”。和drop连用，即为：drop a bombshell，意思是“宣布令人震惊的消息”。This is a bombshell。表示感叹：真是个惊人的好消息呀。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. The news of his death was a bombshell.
他逝世的消息使人震惊。
e.g. It was then that he dropped the bombshell—he wasn't planning to come with us.
那时他突然宣布一个令人不快的消息，他不准备跟我们一起去了。
e.g. The news came as a bombshell.
这个消息令人震惊。
e.g. She dropped her bombshell that he had been pregnant¹.
她说出了令人震惊的她怀孕了的事情。
Ps：resign one’s post的意思是“辞职”。

1 pregnant   

adj.怀孕的，怀胎的

参考例句：

• She is a pregnant woman.她是一名孕妇。
• She is pregnant with her first child.她怀了第一胎。