流行美语口语 Lesson 31 - sketchy & sucker

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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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- _1 G0 @+ H" H5 K% U) ?- w# GL：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。

M：What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy.
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L：你说听起来什么？你不信小陈说的话？

M：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.

, A' }" a" }! Z4 Q7 v  e' s1 zL：噢，sketchy就是可疑，不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信？

# {: v5 m0 T. q* `& vM： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals.

1 ~- T% u& a9 p2 @" DL：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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0 V; a9 i% g: f0 D- F( TM：Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy.

! N9 c, F& v# p$ r# sL： 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。

3 a* V9 o  s% v) b: kM：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.

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。

1 ?8 N  S' D" S) T( S0 a  FM：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.

L：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?

M：Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.
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/ w% Z1 Y3 C* N3 Q. M- n! _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？
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M：Sure!

( R- m8 t+ _+ k. ]! f9 }6 K( U' o$ _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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+ J" ?( I% D) }3 s$ k$ X0 S, yL：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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( R$ `- {9 D; M& Z5 a9 j- SM：She believed that? She is such a sucker!
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L：她是什么？你是说她sketchy，是吗？

9 M3 W( {+ ~4 P5 k/ LM：No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked .

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...
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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!

M： Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.

9 x" k" \! \& O: y( @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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/ J$ C! L5 X* V- Z% g4 kM：Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?
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! U4 w' q+ }% cL：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。

$ F7 V: A+ J9 X3 N6 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。
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propeller

Very good!

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UncleSam

my colleagues said i was a sucker. i guess it is true. lol