【句子】-- You tattled on me?
-- She asked me about it. What was I supposed to do?
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【发音】/juː/ /'tætld/ /ɒn/ /ɑːn/ /miː/ /ʃiː/ /ɑːskt/ /æskt/ /miː/ /ə'baʊt / /ɪt/ /wɒt/ /wɑːt/ /wɒz/ /wɑːz/ /aɪ/ /səˈpəʊzd/ /tʊ/ /duː/
【发音技巧】tattled on连读;asked me失去爆破+不完全爆破;about it连读+闪音;What was类似不完全爆破;supposed to失去爆破;
【翻译】-- 你打我的小报告了?
-- 她问我来着,我能怎么办?
【适用场合】
今天我们来学习一下这个短语,tattle on sb.,
tattle本意有:“说闲话;泄露秘密”这样的意思,那么,
在英文中tattle on sb. (to sb.) 可以指什么意思呢?
这个短语一般是一个贬义词语,表示:
to tell sb., especially sb. in authority, about sth. bad that sb. else has done
告诉某个当权的人,某个人做了某个坏事;
所以其实就是汉语口语中的“告状、打小报告”的意思;
eg: Tammy immediately tattled on her sister.
Tammy立刻就打了她姐姐的小报告。
eg: You should learn that you just don't tattle on classmates.
你要知道,你不应该告同学们的状。
eg: I can't believe you tattled on me like that to mom and dad—I'm never telling you anything ever again!
简直不敢相信,你居然那样向爸爸妈妈告状!以后我什么都不告诉你了!
eg: My brother tattled on me for spilling the glue.
我把胶水弄撒了,我哥哥告了我的状。
eg: Did you tattle on us to the teacher?
你是不是在老师面前告我们的状了?
那么这个“打小报告的人”,一般美式英语里面会叫做tattletale,英式英语里面一般用telltale,这个一并学习了吧!
【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】
I know you think you're trying to do the right thing, but you're going to have a hard time making friends if you tattle on your classmates for every little thing they do wrong.