流行美语口语 Lesson 32 - fishy & to luck out

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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。
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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。
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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.
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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？

, T3 N, J; m. R4 dM: Oh, fishy is fish with a "y". It means there is something suspicious going on.
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4 i! ~$ p8 p) m. w, L4 pL: 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？

M: Because she always acts this way when she is trying to get our parents to let her do something.

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M: I can say something is fishy if I think someone is lying about something.
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/ u2 u& S$ M/ [) i' ]: l8 GL: 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.
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3 o6 e( q* f/ |( M( f. A+ rM: That's right.
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: ~5 v. |6 p, WL: 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？
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M: 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.
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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！
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M: You really have to be careful whenever you smell something fishy.
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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。

% ^) e9 Y6 C/ RM: Look, half of the flights are canceled because of the snow, but ours is still on time. We really lucked out.

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？
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0 u# b: @' n) `  [M: Yes, it means we were really fortunate.

  [, F: X! L- b( ]( E  iL: 那每当我觉得运气好的时候，我都能用to luck out来表示吗？

3 J8 C1 }: J2 a1 _3 h' ~M: 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.

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。
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M: Hold on a second, I think they just called my name. I hope nothing's wrong.

4 W8 C3 S, N( a' w% TL: 对，我也听到他们叫你的名字呢，快去看看，有什么问题。
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1 Y3 `/ F1 Z" U2 }) F) Z" c* OL: 怎么回事，Michael, 票子没有问题吧？
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8 j% D. [0 _# MM: No, in fact I lucked out again. I dropped my wallet at the ticket counter. They just wanted to return it to me.
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% @7 |! n% P1 L: RL: 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？

# y6 Z& S* h' R6 mM: Not much, only ten bucks! Come on Li Hua, let's board the plane.

2 p7 Z8 a# h" X6 |% l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。
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cutemaggie001

haha, i like this English program too~~~!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!

Xbfeng

haha, i like this English program too~~~!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!
+ H( ^% c/ h  m9 h# Dcutemaggie001 发表于 2010-6-29 23:05

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