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。 8 |( o; j4 s7 D0 ^$ y8 ]% {+ e% ~5 Z+ F' w' I' T$ p/ p
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。2 p8 ^, X; F, Y6 o, A9 w' m
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M: She's not usually so nice. Normally all she does is complain. I think there's something fishy going on.0 s9 v1 d& _0 x: z$ }
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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？: d) e& ]1 C9 n5 i9 @
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M: Oh, fishy is fish with a "y". It means there is something suspicious going on.7 m5 ?/ \$ A! H8 U& n/ U+ p9 r
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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？ 2 R6 {4 g4 k% k) H, @& [ ! `" z& M7 X7 b+ f" h1 D# ZM: Because she always acts this way when she is trying to get our parents to let her do something.' v+ U- f% e1 l7 c
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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。 / x1 @! e7 L; A$ ^* d4 T6 j* C* E+ j1 T. o. V
M: I can say something is fishy if I think someone is lying about something. u) U9 [2 ~1 x. `- T3 ]7 H: v: | 4 M$ @/ t/ o& t" {/ l+ N: _L: 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.) m5 m$ J" i+ | U6 L
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L: 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？ ) q/ E' @0 z5 x, K1 l# P% P . N% R, g1 U$ d' uM: 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. ' S4 ]+ j6 ~; R) ?" F' |( s 9 Q3 N1 \6 c; R0 i1 g% h. i% `/ m$ R4 ^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！3 A3 k4 c# L4 E+ \2 T
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M: You really have to be careful whenever you smell something fishy.: X& |- i; J5 c2 ~ l7 [
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( Michael和李华在飞机场)8 L6 g( I% D+ i7 q- M* W
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L: Michael， 一个周末过得真快。好象刚到，现在又要搭飞机走了。 ) Q& |6 C9 ^( d+ J) m( e: | 1 U8 k# L9 j; y+ \7 [* A& i9 y, LM: Look, half of the flights are canceled because of the snow, but ours is still on time. We really lucked out.* Y( W) {; I% q s- j
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L: 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？. g" `$ w# J5 y7 `* a
4 C3 s6 ?9 x0 ?% UM: Yes, it means we were really fortunate.9 `- c. b7 d# W' F r
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L: 那每当我觉得运气好的时候，我都能用to luck out来表示吗？8 s( ~9 N0 `3 Y
( f% y9 I' h+ z& n s& n0 K9 N! xM: 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. 1 A) ]3 A- H; d: Y$ T9 P7 [: l! M+ L6 |4 Y% m" d0 }
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。8 A; z P) Y& y# d7 y
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M: Hold on a second, I think they just called my name. I hope nothing's wrong. - O) A+ i n# w: E7 w1 X5 {, d9 P
L: 对，我也听到他们叫你的名字呢，快去看看，有什么问题。- U+ @5 v: B4 Y8 P0 _
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L: 怎么回事，Michael, 票子没有问题吧？3 S7 Z8 B7 g& ]# D' l# Q
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M: No, in fact I lucked out again. I dropped my wallet at the ticket counter. They just wanted to return it to me./ C A) X$ Q$ B1 R2 s/ \6 \& ^
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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？) k' u7 T8 f' x, p) V4 g
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M: Not much, only ten bucks! Come on Li Hua, let's board the plane.1 u$ k4 D" W0 |/ o+ c
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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。) B4 w2 R% O7 l. |' O
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