从来没听说过船上有人中毒
“I've never heard of anyone being poisoned on board.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Have you ever heard of anyone on this ship being poisoned by Twilight Grass?”
从来 没听说过 船上 有人 中毒
“I've never heard of anyone being poisoned on board.”
好 谢谢
“Okay, thank you.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using 'never heard of' serves to establish total detachment from the incident, ensuring the speaker is not implicated in the investigation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
never heard of it before
The standard, natural way to deny any prior awareness of an event or rumor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“was found in the ship.”
“Have you ever heard of anyone on this ship being poisoned by Twilight Grass?”
“yet no one on board was poisoned. That's for you to investigate, I suppose.”
“Then, could they be from a shipwreck? Even less likely.”
“worried that whatever is inside might come out.”
“This means these three people must have been poisoned aboard the ship.”