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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。
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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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M:What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy.
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9 b" L$ Y' W2 VL:你说听起来什么?你不信小陈说的话?; @2 E+ Q3 u4 _; K. o

+ ^/ R' w8 e' t( w. \1 U: ]' SM:That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.
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! r: z' V( h8 [' z2 E6 mL:噢,sketchy就是可疑,不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信?3 Z1 ^1 m, I$ x- J0 r! y
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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.5 P; X+ t/ _+ {# e
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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。3 ?6 b* s4 x0 P

  b' l; T# S: c5 N# H5 w" M% G  kM:Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy.- I+ V7 |$ G7 x' v/ R, n
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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。: v( I# L8 e* U% |' E
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M: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- ]3 N$ H' e

; i0 L+ g: S; I$ Q5 z7 b. kM:Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.7 @' A: x1 y% [' w4 S

: X2 Z3 |' N5 @$ Q; qL: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?
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# l! d' _; B8 P2 lM:Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.
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+ r* p# I' L; Y0 T& \# 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?
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$ O* z; j; b% |7 }8 i4 sM:Sure!  B/ N3 v% U& k
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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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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!
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M:She believed that? She is such a sucker!
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# d3 l$ N" o4 }  ^L:她是什么?你是说她sketchy,是吗?5 g! j, \0 m8 ~6 L$ H2 o& _
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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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L: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!
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M:Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...0 d# W7 X9 [; A) j) Z; c/ J
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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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M: Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.# a) N8 |  T, ^' z( x3 F4 P% g
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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)
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1 h. S! v/ v. k9 [; b4 ZM:Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?
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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。
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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。
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发表于 2010-5-30 21:56 | 显示全部楼层
Very good!
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5 i: `9 i  d1 q& l+ P6 `* ?3 e, JThanks 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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