英语句型学口语 081

（单词翻译）

81．It is said that...
据说······

用法透视
要表达你听来、看来的没有确凿证据的事情，用这个句型最方便了。这个句型也表示你开始陈述。

支持范例
1. It is said that we'll have a new manager.
听说我们要有新经理了。
2. It is said by the Bible¹ that Adam is the very first human being in the world.
据《圣经》说亚当是世间的第一个人。
3. It is said that drinking much pure water is good for health.
据说多喝净水有益健康。

会话记忆
A: Why don't we Chinese have our own Valentine's Day?
我们中国为什么没有自己的情人节呢？
B: Of course we have. It's on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
我们当然有，是在农历七月初七。
A: Oh? Why is that day?
哦？为什么是那天？
B: It is said that the Cowherd and the Spinster, the lover² stars in heaven, can only meet on the seventh Eve, so this day has become the Lover's Day.
据说牛郎星、织女星只能在七夕相会，所以这天就成了情人节