流行美语口语 Lesson 32 - fishy & to luck out

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Michael在纽约上大学，他父母住在华盛顿，这个周末他请李华到他父母家作客。今天，李华会学到两个常用语：fishy和to luck out。

, l4 Y2 ?( l" CL: Michael, 谢谢你请我到你家来过周末。有机会和一个美国家庭一 起过周末对我来说是很有意义的。你的爸爸妈妈人真好，我也很 喜欢你的妹妹。
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M: She's not usually so nice. Normally all she does is complain. I think there's something fishy going on.
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% ~: N4 V3 ], W$ ?8 [4 ]* [L: 噢，你说她平时没有象这两天讨人喜欢呀？她老是爱抱怨，这我 倒是看不出来。你说，there's something fishy going on, 那是什么 意思呀？Fish不是鱼吗？
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/ r. N  A# U( b0 K" q  p4 DM: Oh, fishy is fish with a "y". It means there is something suspicious going on.
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L: 你的意思是，你妹妹表现得那么好，和平时不一样，你觉得有点 可疑。为什么呢？
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. s/ ]- Y* U) [* K7 rM: Because she always acts this way when she is trying to get our parents to let her do something.

L: 对，有些孩子是这样的。当他们想问家长要什么的时候就会表现 得出奇的好。要求满足了， 一切又照常了。
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M: I can say something is fishy if I think someone is lying about something.
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L: 这我就清楚了，你要是认为某个人在骗你，你就可以说：It seems fishy.

M: That's right.
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* c: a, D1 D' qL: 比方说，我那天接到一个旅行社的电话，说我得了一个奖。他说我可 以到四个地方去旅行一个星期只要二百美元，但是要我马上付这笔 钱。我当时就觉得可疑，I thought something was fishy, 对不对？
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" }4 I5 [2 y& JM: You're absolutely right. Let me tell you something, the travel company probably doesn't even exist. After you pay them, you won't be able to find them anymore.

. v# i; O( v: X# [L: 哟，幸亏我没上当。原来是骗局，等我付了钱，他们就消失了！ 这可太气人了！
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3 o" K- z5 S& D0 l. z. DM: You really have to be careful whenever you smell something fishy.
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( Michael和李华在飞机场)
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L: Michael， 一个周末过得真快。好象刚到，现在又要搭飞机走了。
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* a' X( _; W% j! H2 x$ aM: Look, half of the flights are canceled because of the snow, but ours is still on time. We really lucked out.

, y1 }; s+ I, m5 E1 Z( eL: 噢，因为下雪，所以一半的航班都被取消了，我们的却还按时飞。 真是运气。你刚才说的lucked out大概就是运气的意思吧？

* k2 X7 e. p6 GM: Yes, it means we were really fortunate.

0 r/ ^( g  v; h5 l- P* aL: 那每当我觉得运气好的时候，我都能用to luck out来表示吗？
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. z% ~7 Y# B# R* N/ N2 JM: Yes, for example, I can say I really lucked out on that test last week. I didn't study very much for it, but I still knew all the answers on the test.

/ N7 d3 [% s8 P$ l7 BL: 上星期的考试，我可没有考好。你没怎么念书倒是都能答出考题， you really lucked out on that test. 我可没有这种运气。我要不念书就 考不好。

M: Hold on a second, I think they just called my name. I hope nothing's wrong.
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; s$ J0 z, `6 Y- iL: 对，我也听到他们叫你的名字呢，快去看看，有什么问题。

L: 怎么回事，Michael, 票子没有问题吧？

" Y8 `9 Q; \( W6 OM: No, in fact I lucked out again. I dropped my wallet at the ticket counter. They just wanted to return it to me.
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  c3 `% V2 S' V2 K6 A* }- W3 @5 lL: 哟，你钱包掉了还不知道，柜台捡到了还主动还给你。你哪 来那么好的运气呐！You really lucked out this time! 钱包里有多少钱 哪？

M: Not much, only ten bucks! Come on Li Hua, let's board the plane.

" n1 M" S& s  N) z李华今天学到了两个常用语，一个是：fishy，意思是怀疑对方不老实，有花招；另一个是：to luck out，这是指没有料到的运气。 这里[流行美语]就学习到这里。我们下次再见。

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cutemaggie001

haha, i like this English program too~~~!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!

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haha, i like this English program too~~~!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!
1 H+ L. W- E5 r( }6 dcutemaggie001 发表于 2010-6-29 23:05

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