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。! W3 O# k' ^8 E- _8 A2 @
2 U& [! U3 X! K; tL：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。/ Q, Z0 _7 n/ }5 K9 r
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M：What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy.' R& k! }$ V9 X5 N/ t
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L：你说听起来什么？你不信小陈说的话？5 ]) p! G4 X \7 `( Y
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M：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.( f) y( ~: y5 `
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L：噢，sketchy就是可疑，不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信？% W& d( P# N V0 L0 q- t( w* l
" I/ R( k. H* Q( cM： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals. 7 o" C0 p2 E6 s+ q 1 E2 i8 ?. b( d' n$ g& G$ WL：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。% s: J K. k' F
9 ^9 ^5 ~0 g. ^0 t$ R" K8 U1 ~, j) a2 k- AM：Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy.5 u; S+ ]9 L, L& V8 Z4 v' I2 H7 \. ^
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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。0 f# N+ X6 p: l/ o+ o
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M：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is. " {5 s. |8 i& S4 h, E" ~6 t# B0 Y7 {( e0 L. N: u. J, H' R9 @: ^. ]
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。: J% X" J+ Z* o. k Y1 ] m
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M：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.8 R* n$ n8 n3 {0 h8 K6 o% n6 y4 r
0 \3 v) f# E Y. g7 @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? ( W( \6 O6 A; R6 A. }# i$ S" G6 Y+ b$ v3 J E+ H8 L" u. D7 U
M：Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that." \0 d& q$ n! E- N# K3 m
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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？ 8 J1 Y* m! o$ [# p, P+ _' j" o $ \5 S. p+ E8 y+ o- [( uM：Sure!7 j/ L4 E* ]: ]! N' u+ Q0 C
, w0 a/ Y$ M+ Z0 t1 sM：What did you say to your roommate just now? You were talking so fast in Chinese that I couldn't understand.* j% _: Z3 w( z- W/ i- u
1 Q4 C0 e$ Y; T4 A 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！ # a6 C# b! N) I x+ N' w + v2 T+ {! O. d" [2 N" l/ d' Y6 RM：She believed that? She is such a sucker!2 Y4 _& a+ t2 j
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L：她是什么？你是说她sketchy，是吗？+ p: K% J5 r( M" i6 G0 ~
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M：No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked .; v6 G. i( H/ j# h2 K
2 w" k* `5 t+ h6 x3 b8 zL：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！ 1 L, h+ V c; V# Y: r ^. i' O) F/ W6 I6 W! m) E/ Q6 w& S. c
M：Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another... , ^# ~* z I, r' l3 n( u% U( S' G6 u4 {) c$ t
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! - A( Q: q/ \6 R" E1 S/ O2 V. a* b5 ]; D+ h0 ^4 v2 a' J
M： Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.6 K+ R3 b6 V+ s+ U, m7 {" q
% H I* w- e1 [- U; P1 UL：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) / ]8 u) K. t/ {# T+ g( d/ O/ \4 o# a8 B# G5 o2 n! t& f
M：Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother? 2 ?! E/ q2 |( l# g2 i" N0 ^; Q+ O6 m0 Y- {& \/ q5 W! S
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。; E1 j% ?4 Y+ p6 R0 h
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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。$ B5 s" r+ \% ~. q. v# a; z7 x
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