A:Have you heard the news?
你聽(tīng)過(guò)那個(gè)消息嗎?
B:No. What happened?
沒(méi)有。發(fā)生什么事了?
注釋:
news(消息、新聞)為不可數(shù)名詞,換言之,表示“一則好消息”不要說(shuō)a good news,而要說(shuō)a piece of good news。
對(duì)方告訴我們有人升官發(fā)財(cái)時(shí),我們不可說(shuō):
That's a good news. (×)
而要說(shuō):
That's good news.(√)
= That's a piece of good news.
(真是個(gè)好消息。)