第一，迷你对话

A: Don't rip apart someone you personally don't know. I think you don't know that tall man very well. Why do you rip him apart ?

如果你不认识某人，你最好不要说他的坏话。我觉得你根本不了解那个人，你为什么说他的坏话？

B: That man? I know him. He acts nice to my face, and then totally rip me apart the minute my back is turned.

那个人吗？我认识他，他当着我的面表现得很好，但是我一转身就说我的坏话。

A: How do you know that?

你是怎么知道的？

B: One of my good friends happens to work with him in the same office.

我的一个好友碰巧和他在一个办公室工作。

第二，地道表达

rip apart

解词释义

Rip apart 的意思是“说坏话”，相当于“talk bad about”。

拓展范例

E.g. The boy was beaten by his father because he ripped an old man apart.

那男孩子被他父亲打了，因为他说坏话去中伤一位老人。

E.g. I never heard you rip anyone apart in my life.

我生平从来没听见你说人家的坏话。

E.g. They only ripped you apart out of envy.

他们纯粹出於忌妒才说你这些坏话。

第三，好词妙语

to one's face：在某人面前

E.g. He flouts me to my face.

他当面嘲弄我。

happen to :碰巧

E.g. I happen to have an honest partner.

我碰巧有一个忠实的伙伴。

E.g. If you happen to be in town, would you ask about it?

你要是有机会进城，可否问问这事？