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流行美语口语 Lesson 31 - sketchy & sucker

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发表于 2010-5-29 12:55 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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。, @5 B) P# W0 G' G0 ^( p
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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。
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4 s. s8 n6 y+ R4 ?- J+ q  mM:What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy., t; t$ `! d5 T0 x! u9 C
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L:你说听起来什么?你不信小陈说的话?
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& i  F6 u* d0 Q, a2 F( M3 IM:That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.
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0 Z' ^: F5 s' Q3 nL:噢,sketchy就是可疑,不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信?3 t  F6 \& |+ d# J& v4 M6 ^
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M: Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals.7 O, v  i# d; W

9 k$ R6 Q& R8 b% {& F, NL: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。
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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 g; O3 s- w* e! G; }& r% r
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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。
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5 m3 G1 J( v2 ^- MM:But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.
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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。. i/ z: ]: e9 B

$ J! X( J) Z& z% D# E( o" T8 yM:Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.
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9 d/ b. f  [7 Y2 l1 L7 VL: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?) x, N/ u8 P' g" p$ {0 o" T

2 N* Z# h5 M* |# |5 I3 XM:Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.
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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?4 }( N; m9 `/ N+ n9 \
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M:Sure!7 `3 b2 ]6 y1 i: \$ B$ A
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M:What did you say to your roommate just now? You were talking so fast in Chinese that I couldn't understand.
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1 y4 D' M. T' o& ]# D$ S/ f2 KL: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!
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M:She believed that? She is such a sucker!9 Q( H8 |' v5 I2 a

) D5 u0 y: ?2 ]/ k; \* m* P7 eL:她是什么?你是说她sketchy,是吗?
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M:No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked .
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) o# W$ F8 o3 f$ cL: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!* w* b- z  p+ n; P+ L+ t
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M:Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...
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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!
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4 C3 y" G5 }4 {- {* v% n9 hM: Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.
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0 Y" d1 N# Q) LL: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)
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4 u/ o5 m$ P" \# a3 E  P3 tM:Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?
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* K/ W% U, j/ c/ a' F' N( dL: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。% _- P* b1 M0 ^( `$ d

" n& a- B7 u9 N; o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。' ~/ M! G( z% R; C- B! z
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发表于 2010-5-30 21:56 | 显示全部楼层
Very good!4 U  f* O4 f5 O- U* N2 \( @. u! K
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Thanks for sharing.
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发表于 2010-6-21 20:59 | 显示全部楼层
my colleagues said i was a sucker. i guess it is true. lol
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