今天是四月一号愚人节。李华到处去找Michael, 有事商量。今天她会学到两个常用语，sketchy和sucker。6 }4 B5 d- C1 _3 X0 g9 c
/ p. V# v- l1 D4 e% UL：Michael，和我住在一起的小陈今天打电话到我工作的地方。她说警察到家里去找我。他们说我的签证有问题。我该怎么办？我很害怕。 / M, v A: a e % k1 c: q) w/ }) l3 e5 QM：What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy. - _8 i; A2 c7 M+ k" k/ y" M & J6 R$ _% |+ f5 g$ o% q* OL：你说听起来什么？你不信小陈说的话？ ; c% ~ S! }+ l5 D: o 4 d( u' W' s! qM：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted. 1 V! n6 y* }* p5 V5 ]* }$ g- ?/ d0 w, C- ^/ X2 e
L：噢，sketchy就是可疑，不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信？ 9 p# _, X% }1 ~0 C( r+ ~. ~1 C7 [ # ?* U* F6 W/ t: DM： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals. , j: k4 l+ w% F, K! s * y2 d& O* K' r" V, vL：嗯，对呀，警察抓罪犯还忙不过来呢，他们才不管签证呢！移民局的人才是管签证的。这么说来，小陈的话是有点可疑，sketchy。: z, v4 Y2 w! q( t1 Q& f5 x0 O
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M：Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy. ) ?2 B. h+ s C- w% P' _7 E 3 U; Q" a. j3 cL： 对，Michael， 你可真行呐！ 要是签证有问题，移民局一般会先给我一封信，他们才不会到家去找我呢。这真是越说越不可信了。 1 a) D$ d/ t |0 X% m3 g& ?$ x7 j' G( ~3 n I7 L1 N# v
M：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is. : M/ W8 v% w G, H: P- Q$ S3 r" f. e& M, k; |9 ~$ I$ @/ g1 N) l' j8 M
L：今天是什么日子呀？噢。。。今天是四月一号愚人节！ 哟，我的老天爷呀，我没想到小陈会跟我开这个玩笑。 0 |! V0 k1 ?. u0 O/ T0 M8 ?. n0 W9 s- Y- _4 F0 f. o: C. S
M：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me. # _' Q; o# [2 J8 h* B + A* k+ P* ], k7 R* a; qL：等等，你也能说一个人sketchy? 你觉得小陈这个人不太可信？对，她的话确实是靠不住。上星期在聚会上见到的那个人，死跟着我不放，楞要送我回家，我能不能说，that guy was very sketchy? 9 U- Q( Z2 }1 `4 A9 D/ [9 [; s/ ~ + b. ?0 V8 T+ WM：Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.& X O' v* W% ~% P/ @0 c* ^7 f
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L：对了，我得打电话告诉小陈我没上她的当， 借你的手机用一用，行吗？0 a- e! q7 _# }9 T2 [. ^
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M：Sure!$ H7 b0 J- { t7 I
& f! Q7 x0 a4 \( s. @2 hM：What did you say to your roommate just now? You were talking so fast in Chinese that I couldn't understand.2 O6 U+ J: W7 F& M( {; [
4 E4 y# N3 {- s4 F& e; M( G" w& xL：我告诉她我很生气，我不想再跟她住在一起了，我告诉她我要搬出去和她哥哥同居了。嘿，她好象真相信我说的话！ 2 s0 C$ X: }. [# v 8 F, g8 {/ A/ f H* jM：She believed that? She is such a sucker!2 b) X. B" i/ ]5 t1 L2 \
, ?/ U5 V7 x! w- ^0 rL：她是什么？你是说她sketchy，是吗？ , L4 _' s; y( g* O. I- m. h7 d: { 9 B: {( r9 ]+ ]$ q- R, g2 X/ _* k1 j' LM：No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked ./ h# Z: U( V- q, ]# R; C
) n# }' a9 C5 Z9 @, C' g/ dL：Sucker这个词我在学校里经常听到，可就不是太清楚究竟是什么意思。原来sucker 是指很容易上当，很轻信别人的人。我一开始相信了小陈的话，那我不就是个sucker咯！ , H: x+ u; `; y% M: O* n5 b4 v" q: F! e# M- ]" F+ r- |
M：Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another... 9 g, [# u: Y+ i9 Z6 v) Z7 k3 f2 G% ?4 o+ @& Q8 Y$ n: q
L：那倒是的，每个人有时难免会当傻瓜。我记得你在电脑上收到很多电子邮件的广告，说你可以在家工作赚很多钱，当时你还很相信这些广告呢。You were such a sucker!, j, \ U ^7 P' q
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M： Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.+ O N9 ]6 D3 V9 i2 e. i
# Y/ o6 e C e+ R& k! WM：Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?, v* J# [0 V' V4 l4 c+ j
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L：对，他跟她哥哥通完了电话，但是还相信我要和她哥哥同居了。我看我还是给她打个电话告诉她我是在开玩笑吧，否则她会把我的东西从窗子里都扔掉的。- k$ H2 }6 A) F6 j9 F, U8 H2 q
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今天Michael 教李华学会了两个常用语，一个是：sketchy，意思是一个人，或者是一个人说的话不可信，值得怀疑；另一个是：sucker， 指一个很轻信，很容易上当的人。这次[流行美语]就学习到这里，我们下次节目再见。7 A& X3 ?, T$ p0 F" Q
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