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

Xbfeng

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。
# [4 \2 @: V1 e( {" W# l
L: 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。
, ^9 h2 e6 y2 k' A$ i
M: She's not usually so nice. Normally all she does is complain. I think there's something fishy going on.

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？
0 p/ |# Y+ k3 [
M: Oh, fishy is fish with a "y". It means there is something suspicious going on.
9 ~9 |' a! I& ~8 I4 X
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？
: v7 x* a, ~6 ]9 T
M: 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。
6 ~& Y3 Q1 ~7 L( V
M: I can say something is fishy if I think someone is lying about something.

8 ?7 a0 @1 d  ?" U! K6 iL: 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.
1 R, P8 e6 I4 Y7 \6 H
% b1 K) ^' |& n4 JL: 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？

& X# G" e6 [# EM: 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.

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！

M: You really have to be careful whenever you smell something fishy.

$ c% q# p8 r, m4 i  X5 A( Michael和李华在飞机场)
5 f+ j" p5 v" M
  M0 d9 Q8 ^. I/ e5 LL: Michael， 一个周末过得真快。好象刚到，现在又要搭飞机走了。
" r& e2 q( b$ G% t, @* ^* y; Y0 p
M: Look, half of the flights are canceled because of the snow, but ours is still on time. We really lucked out.
& g+ p+ ]7 l- R( D
% V2 T2 v  F5 |! o& ?6 ZL: 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？
& m0 l2 Z/ x0 F! J
/ g" L  I9 ~% I* K! q! dM: Yes, it means we were really fortunate.
. g  y0 P# p+ o9 E/ Y) y- ]
0 s; S$ z1 W' {( }/ `( `4 w( k1 qL: 那每当我觉得运气好的时候，我都能用to luck out来表示吗？
/ E; n2 `# s! O7 x& v# H4 ~
M: 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.

L: 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。
, I% O2 J# a5 M; I! _9 i. {$ V
M: Hold on a second, I think they just called my name. I hope nothing's wrong.
) t) O- B2 g" T1 i1 t& p& l7 ~  q+ q
L: 对，我也听到他们叫你的名字呢，快去看看，有什么问题。
- B7 M" s' E( R
L: 怎么回事，Michael, 票子没有问题吧？

, c  d8 t8 T  Y; n# K. s, QM: No, in fact I lucked out again. I dropped my wallet at the ticket counter. They just wanted to return it to me.
% C; A9 Y) L8 j6 A' t9 c
L: 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？

. I6 X1 I# h" o0 OM: Not much, only ten bucks! Come on Li Hua, let's board the plane.

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。
3 j5 f8 E) t5 F6 J  K
3 X" {+ S6 o0 U/ b& v2 O( }  aAudio as following:

cutemaggie001

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

Xbfeng

haha, i like this English program too~~~!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!
! _9 Y+ Q( f* Y  Ccutemaggie001 发表于 2010-6-29 23:05

嗡嗡

还有么？请继续。喜欢