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 B0 J5 }' K$ {1 [5 H% z: E9 M
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L：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。. ~; y' C$ B% H" ^% i3 n' ^: V
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M：What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy.4 a# i! H: }3 s3 E' M1 h
- k4 y- ^$ N f$ x' X# jL：你说听起来什么？你不信小陈说的话？, W4 ~$ V8 \1 h; ?' {& l
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M：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.) g J6 w* o" Y; [, ^, M. J
2 Z4 O: Q0 L+ g7 |3 B5 bL：噢，sketchy就是可疑，不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信？ , y/ ]2 B' s+ e5 @$ p& v$ r. t, w1 x7 ~$ x6 L g
M： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals. & X, _1 U, q `2 b3 N0 |5 G/ ~, Z- J5 \9 @+ ^" V: f# Y! R
L：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。 9 N" j) {. V2 e * `# _# Y) Y) e! a/ L' Y$ x! LM：Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy.' I" U& Q( y9 w7 F7 K' t
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L： 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。: r S7 l }; c4 D/ ?! b/ v
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M：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is. ( U/ k2 G$ [' i# X( N* F5 `7 C Y" A8 X/ }$ b$ G3 V2 [
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。2 k$ V$ K3 r0 Z. B
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M：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me. , p/ P: ?% K4 ] 9 j$ s8 n4 r+ k c; P6 a/ UL：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?) b7 F2 t0 m" `8 Q6 Y+ ~
O; ~; j& f, KM：Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that. ~$ y' U; j8 v7 m0 f ( Z, e7 M0 K4 i( u: vL：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？5 e4 [1 ?, {4 A8 ?; B
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M：Sure! * `2 {, g9 \: F+ e' I- A$ |2 o' s7 J+ o' G2 e7 L. P
M：What did you say to your roommate just now? You were talking so fast in Chinese that I couldn't understand.$ Z" |4 g$ p: W# O- J, ?' K% G
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L：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！+ V, F4 w& o ~) z* B0 N
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M：She believed that? She is such a sucker! A/ E' L' v+ t7 n) K! H& w+ S5 o4 t9 v
9 _6 X9 M; p# JL：她是什么？你是说她sketchy，是吗？8 y8 r# ]+ v6 X g$ x
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M：No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked . & \) y: O" D( \5 X8 H " H2 q- ^# H6 d7 b! P6 pL：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！" x: k0 ~8 v, Y3 D$ _" F
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M：Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...' I, }" B% I/ {7 K/ m! L/ {
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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!* K) M9 X" d! P4 F r
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M： Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate. : c* c* u" `8 I# v8 K0 L1 F# I# X C9 [/ |5 B, X8 I5 k
L：是小陈？让我跟她说话。 (李华接电话)是呀！我不管你告诉他什么。我们相爱，我们要同居。什么？我不管你说什么，我不要跟骗我的人住在一起。 (关电话); q& {9 Z, n2 H" m+ `
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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。 1 a. c. T; ^# u/ i( Z6 `% y1 i) z3 h8 Z% Y9 F8 G0 i) k
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。 j/ u7 Y) M3 L9 |, ~
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