原文Some fthe most exciling information comes by way ofthe grapevine
That is so because reports received through the grapevine are supposed to be secret The
information is allhushchush_ Itis whispered into your ear with the understanding that you will not
Passiton to others
Ya feel honored and exeited You are one of the special few to get his information. You cannat
wait You must quickly find other ears to pour the infonmation into. And so, the information 一
eeretasitis 一begins to spread Nobody nows how fr
The expression by the gapevine is more han 100 years old
The American inventor Samuel F Morse is largely responsible for the binh of the expression
Amang others he experimented with the idea oftelegraphy -- sending messages over a wire by
electriciy When Morse finally completed his elegraphie instument he went before Congress to
Show thatir werked He senta message overa wire fiom Washington to Baltimore The message
wass Whathath God wroughtr This was on May 24th 1844
翻译:有些最激动人心的信息是小道传播的【by way ofthe grapevine)-
这是因为小道消息本该是秘密的,信息是完全保密的。有人对着你的耳杀轻声说出时,认为
你不会把它传播给别人-
你感到既荣幸又兴奋。 你是那得到信息的特别的少数人。 你迫不及待,必须马上找到其他人
把信息告诉给他们。 因此,信息虽然是秘密的, 但是开始传播, 而且没有人知道会传到多运|
“By he grapevine”(稳密传播,通过小道消息传播》 这个短语有超过一百年的历史
美国发明家塞绿尔*芬里 。英尔斯与这个短语的诞生有很大关系。和许多人一样,他也针对
电报 (即用电通过金必线发送信息) 这个想法做了实验。获尔斯终于完成了电报发送器时,
他在国会议员面前展示机器可以用。 他用电线从华帮发送一条消息至巴尔的障。 这条消息
是“上帝做了何等大事? ”消息的发送日期是1844年5月24 日。
注解【词汇短语】
gmapevinef gre P a 可
nn 葡箱衣
例句:
This grapevine does not grow grapes
这有桨萄苏上没结葡萄。
by he grapevine 不肚而走,秘密传
例句:
He has heard he news by the grapevine.
他通过小道消息听说了这件事-
bash h
安静,寂静
例句,
Ahush fellon the crowd
人群忽然一片丰静。
hush-hush 保密的,秘密的
例句:
Hisjob ivery hushchush
他的工作是很保密的-
wought[ mod
造成,制造
例句:
Recent events wroughta change in the two nations relationship。
最近发生的事引起了两国关系的变化。
【青景知识]
人类史上第一封电报诞生于 1844 年,是由美国科学家塞绎尔。获尔斯应用自制的电石式电
报机,通过 65 公里长的电报线路而拍发的
偶尔斯原是艺术家,1832 年从欧洲旅行回到美国,便结束了艺术生涯而开始致力于电报机
的研究。 根据电磁感应原理, 偶尔斯试用电路的启闭来发送和记录信号。他在设计电报机的
同时,按照电路中脉冲
原文:Quickly companics began to build telcgraph lines from one place to another Men
everywhere scemed to be puting up polcs with stings of wire for carying elcgraphic messages,
The workmanship was poor And the wires were not put up stmaight
Some of the results looked strange People said they Ilooked like a grapevine Alarge number of
the telegraph lines were going in all directions, as eroaked as he vines that grapes grow on So
was bom the expression by the grapevine,
Some writers believe that the phrase would soon have disappeared were itnot for the American
Civil War
Soon afier the war began in 1861, military commanders started to send battefield reports by
ielegraph People began hearing the phrase by the grapevine to deseribe false as well as tme
reports fom the battleficld_ twas likea game Wasittue? Wh