第一， 迷你对话

A: I got the wind of the fact that Ken left his wife.

我听说Ken离开他妻子了。

B: Yes. Anna told me that their marriage broke up.

是的，Anna告诉我他们的婚姻破裂了。

A: Do you know why?

你知道原因吗？

B: She didn’t say much but I think there must be a third person involved.

她没有说很多，但是我想一定是有第三者插足。

A: How do you know that?

你怎么知道的？

B : I saw Ken had dinner with the same lady several times.

我看见好几次他跟同一个女人共进晚餐。

第二， 地道表达

get wind of

1. 解词释义

Get wind of的意思是“听到某事的风声，听到秘密消息”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. If we lay here in camp, there might be archers skulking down to get wind of us.

如果我们在这里宿营，可能会有射手们偷偷摸摸地来探听我们的虚实的。

e.g. If they get wind of what we are doing, we'll then be in a very passive position.

如果他们听到风声，知道我们在搞什么，我们就很被动了。

e.g. They're sure to get wind of you, sure to seek you.

他们一定会听到关于你们的风声，一定会来找你们的。

e.g. How did you get wind of that terrific business deal?

你是怎么打听到那笔好生意的。

第三， 咬文嚼字

break up：结束

e.g. They tried to break up the strike by firing many of its leaders.

他们试图用解雇许多罢工领导人的办法来破坏罢工。

e.g. Police were called in to break up the meeting.

出动了警察将集会驱散。