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【句子】So there’s a rumor going around that you don’t wanna press charges against Zach. Is that true? 【Desperate Housewives S02E01】 【发音】/səʊ/ /ðeə(r)z/ /ə/ /ˈruː.mə(r)/ /ˈgəʊ.ɪŋ/ /əˈraʊnd/ /ðæt/ /juː/ /dəʊnt/ /ˈwɒn.ə/ /ˈwɑː.nə/ /pres/ /tʃɑː(r)dʒɪz/ /əˈgeɪnst/ /zæk/ /ɪz/ /ðæt/ /truː/ 【发音技巧】there’s a连读；going around连读；around that不完全爆破；that you音的同化；don’t wanna类似不完全爆破的处理；against Zach不完全爆破；that true不完全爆破；【翻译】所以，有谣言说，你不会起诉Zach，那是真的吗？【适用场合】今天先说一下之前讲过的一个表达，叫做press charges against someone“起诉某个人；控告某个人；”这个我们之前节目中出现过不止一次了，大家可以往前翻翻看。比如说在第793期节目中我们就讲过这个短语。今天我们要学习的表达叫做：go around，在英式英语中也经常用go round来表达。这个短语的意思在口语中比较多；1. 在今天视频中，这个go around是什么意思呢？If a piece of news or a joke is going around, it is being told by many people in the same period of time. 如果用这个短语来描述一条消息、一个玩笑，指的是在同一时间内，这个消息/玩笑被很多人说起、传播，扩散开来；eg: There's a nasty sort of rumour going around about it.关于这件事，目前正有一则恶意的谣言在传播。2. 这个短语还有什么样的意思呢？比如说：“绕路”；to bypass something by taking an indirect patheg: Go around to the back if the front door is locked.如果前门被锁上了，就绕到后面去。3. 再比如说：还可以表达：“旋转”；to revolve (around something) eg: The Earth goes round the Sun, which gives us our seasons.地球绕着太阳转，我们才有了四季。4. 再比如说，看看这个意思：“能够被一群人分享”to be able to be shared among a group of peopleeg: I don't want to take more green beans if there isn't enough to go around.如果四季豆不够给大家分的话，我就不多要了。eg: Are there enough pencils to go round?铅笔够给大家分吗？5. 今天节目中再讲一个它的意思，它还可以用来表示：“去某个人家里拜访ta，做客”；to visit someone in their homeeg: I'll go round later and see how he is.我稍后会去他家，看看他咋样了。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】I'm just going round to Martha's for half an hour.