迷你对话学地道口语第760期:告知坏消息

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

　　迷你对话

　　A: Manager, I want to resign¹. This is my resignation².

　　经理，我想辞职。这是我的辞职书。

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

　　嗯，等一会儿。我准备把这一消息告诉老板。

　　地道表达

　　break the news

　　1. 解词释义

　　Break the news字面意思是“打破消息”，引申为“把什么新闻或情况告诉某人”，而往往这种消息是不好的。

　　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亲去世的消息告诉他。

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

　　我不想成为向他透露该消息的人。

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

　　至此，我们必须透露出这个问题是错误的。

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

　　你最好温和一些跟他说,他妻子在事故中不幸遇难。

1 resign   

vt.放弃，辞去；把…交托给；使顺从；vi.辞职

参考例句：

• I've heard a whisper that he's going to resign.我听到了一个传闻说他准备辞职。
• You must resign yourselves to waiting a bit longer.你们要耐心多等一会儿。

2 resignation   

n.放弃，辞职，反抗

参考例句：

• He handed in his resignation right after the cabinet meeting.内阁会议一开完，他就提出了辞呈。
• They asked for his resignation with one voice.他们一致要求他辞职。