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。8 F- x6 N( r! f
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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。& \4 {( K2 j W
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M：What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy. % K; n9 c: }$ ?( [/ _' h: k0 P: y7 u3 \& G
L：你说听起来什么？你不信小陈说的话？7 H" j: j, E" V& e
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M：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted. : v! |( P; t& y/ M! o. B % ~" v; M$ d( J6 E' [L：噢，sketchy就是可疑，不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信？ 4 m Z. H$ Q6 {- i 8 o+ ?3 \5 o, E) H, @M： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals.) _$ c: K3 O3 I; f" M
, i @- F+ X0 M2 U: d% sL：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。 * ^% c7 F- {. A6 e0 W7 r 7 d$ D; V4 }# z+ k0 u- J& _0 NM：Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy. : [6 e, p0 T4 w* q$ q Z' m2 C : L( o/ A% X% KL： 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。6 e. z* D& ?) Q+ l2 j% p
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M：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.( V, t, B# @2 M1 s/ S2 {
% Q0 {+ F& `- h1 D9 I, _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。 . S: {) i5 S! ~- o8 N' w; D5 |) p# A; ]6 w1 X6 d
M：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me./ P8 d$ G9 O& f/ T$ w. |/ u) c
' x- ? m1 k0 wL：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? . |: y5 ^3 S3 c- r- B1 i ; Q* X D& C3 v5 _3 RM：Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that. 5 r2 t: C( F p% H* s9 B% V! F. f E5 x8 Y7 f& W
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？ ( n8 L+ w2 d# {; A6 H! {& S% i. s6 G; U* v/ \* d
M：Sure! ! L8 Y# R& S% o* _/ d9 y0 f( T) j( O4 b* H! ^6 L
M：What did you say to your roommate just now? You were talking so fast in Chinese that I couldn't understand. " J6 u) D7 p' C0 r4 F- v1 l' q. Z: A$ P5 p% D
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！4 g- A/ K7 j3 N3 I& h+ D
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M：She believed that? She is such a sucker! + R6 G' z1 \/ q* N/ i ) l# G$ P T; f/ S9 pL：她是什么？你是说她sketchy，是吗？ . c' D# F, F: {+ r) g* P2 a0 c {) D0 K7 G6 ~; ]7 O
M：No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked . ( s9 N( \7 o9 Z7 ], r : U2 p6 L5 M0 r! Z2 T& W, F+ e' KL：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！- z. [' x1 }7 n2 N* h' w
, W, { I0 c9 x5 E2 ZM：Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another... 0 R; @, ?% m9 B7 x; e" {& r' r5 V4 I) m* F
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! * a2 o! p+ O( M$ `3 ]; A3 m! } - ^+ r# Y2 U; P' CM： Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate. 0 {. f' {5 h' M( W0 ]1 S 1 \: p' e. f5 l# ?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) ( N* c( v; d) A/ o! O& d0 r& o; x% w! T! O
M：Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?3 l. I' C3 o9 O
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