第一， 迷你对话

A: I am so angry with him that I wouldn’t talk to him any more.

我真生他的气，我不愿意再和她说话了。

B: What’s up?

怎么啦？

A: I told him to hush up the incident and he promised. But he…

我告诉他不要把这件事情张扬出去，他已经答应了，但是……

B: He didn’t keep it secret?

他没有保密？

A: You said it. To my surprise, he told it to everybody he knows.

是的，使我吃惊的是，他告诉他所认识的每个人。

第二， 地道表达

hush up something

1. 解词释义

Hush up something的意思是“不张扬某事”“遮掩某事”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. Although they tried to hush up the news, it spread all over the town.

尽管他们极力隐瞒这个消息，但它依然传遍了全镇。

e.g. The President tried to hush up the fact that his adviser had lied.

总统试图掩盖他的顾问说谎的事实。

e.g. It's impossible to hush a thing like this up.

这种事情是不可能遮掩的。

第三， 咬文嚼字

be angry with sb. ：对…..生气

e.g. Don't be angry with me for not having written.

别因为我没有写信而生我的气。

e.g. She wrote me a letter so apparently she is not angry with me.

她给我写了一封信，所以看来她没有生我的气。

keep something secret：保密某事，不要说出某事

e.g. You can speak quite freely in front of me. I promise you to keep secret what you say to me.

你有话可以坦率地对我说,我保证帮你保密。

e.g. It is absolutely vital that the matter be keep secret.

这件事要保密，这是至关重要的。

to one’s surprise：使某人惊奇的是……

e.g. To my surprise, he was not hurt in spite of his fall.

使我惊奇的是，他摔了下来，却没有受伤。

e.g. To my surprise, he refused to cooperate with us.

令我吃惊的是,他不肯与我们合作。

第四， 口语短句

You said it. 你说得对。