對話
Thelma：So…I hear you're going out with Patrick on Friday.
賽爾瑪：嗯……我聽說妳星期五要跟派脆克去約會。
Louise：Thelma! How did you know that?
露薏絲：賽爾瑪！妳怎麼知道？
Thelma：A little bird told me.
賽爾瑪：我聽說的。
Louise：Well, it's true. In fact, he asked me out just yesterday.
露薏絲：好啦，是真的。事實上，他昨天才約我出去。
Thelma：How did he do that?
賽爾瑪：他怎麼約妳的？
Louise：He wrote me a love letter.
露薏絲：他寫了一封情書給我。
Thelma：That's so sweet! Was it a good one?
賽爾瑪：好可愛噢！他的信寫得好嗎？
Louise：Well, it's sort of funny. You know how organized and serious he is.
露薏絲：呃，寫得有點好笑。妳知道他這個人多麼有條不紊又嚴肅。
Thelma：Yeah.
賽爾瑪：沒錯。
Louise：Well, he gave the letter a title at the top of the page.
露薏絲：這個嘛，他在信的最上面附上一個標題。
Thelma：What was it?
賽爾瑪：是什麼？
Louise："Love Letter."
露薏絲：《情書》。

延伸學習

俚語精解
◎A little bird told me.
字面上的意思是「一隻小鳥告訴我」，實則表示「我從別人那裡聽來的」，等於“A little bird whispered in my ear.”（一隻小鳥在我耳邊說悄悄話）。另外，如果你得知某則消息，別人追問你消息來源，你不想透露時，也可以說
“A little bird told me.”（我不能透露）。
例：A little bird told me that you're moving to South Africa next week. Is it true? （聽說你下星期要搬到南非。是真的嗎？）

關鍵字詞
◎a love letter 情書
例：Jack was too shy to talk to
Rose, so he wrote her a love letter.（傑克太害羞了，不敢跟蘿絲說話，所以他寫了一封情書給她。）
◎organized a.有條不紊的，井然有序的
例：It's a pleasure working with a well organized team.（和一個井然有序的團隊工作起來相當愉快。）