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。 + ?. P9 G' z# H- b 7 C$ D9 h* a% H a* bL：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。4 v5 g" J n3 S, L6 M: N1 r
c ]7 b. l: J4 ~! G+ h+ CM：What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy. . Q& E& b# Z( y! @5 @) M . O/ ?3 s* I; R b2 QL：你说听起来什么？你不信小陈说的话？3 D- r* h8 W+ c' f! L
. [" c7 C+ r2 b& ]7 r4 [M：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.. G# {% N2 Z6 B3 g
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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？9 t, |: e; a+ C3 t# A2 |
% Y) p8 m5 x$ S: \* IM： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals.6 l6 \4 q/ b. g4 ^) t& E" ]9 [& |
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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 A1 f2 D& D M. i }9 g3 n3 B7 p( b" w1 bM：Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy.) a6 u: c# H2 l# z
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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。 8 k# p* Q7 M! @. S/ j7 }; X. i' Y- D0 J' {& n9 ^9 W
M：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.% B5 {6 `' z7 e7 R( M
. D) y1 W* b- [" f: ^& y: QM：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.3 V6 u* r) t6 o% [* ?. C
1 q, D9 {0 W# D1 z( FL：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?/ X% ^1 Y: M; |- P3 F! h6 k
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M：Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that. " J8 f* r" m2 Q) P; @. Y5 l$ A2 b% A0 G - A( ]7 D& {. HL：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？ 4 g$ G' ^ Q5 D' l* b7 p. l/ \( M3 b' d2 F) U: K3 m
M：Sure! $ k9 B' h% g; D7 {& a2 ] - z" l- P3 V9 H+ s# R& hM：What did you say to your roommate just now? You were talking so fast in Chinese that I couldn't understand.7 W- S0 i4 v! Q6 {, D
$ _/ X- b9 B2 wL：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！) N" o/ \" M4 L' ~! O) Y$ c/ e ~" s
! I8 v6 K: X+ u0 H; e) GM：She believed that? She is such a sucker! - |( f; C% c% e& y- E( b( q; a* z) R5 [9 {) ^. n
L：她是什么？你是说她sketchy，是吗？ ' T f" o6 x* i$ P2 I z# b" i9 T' @; pM：No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked .% T1 o, Q8 a( B9 J7 v" m
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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！* R. X! w9 {. G/ x3 _/ F) o: `$ [% G
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M：Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...* n1 ^9 G A0 m7 r8 ^4 B4 p
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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! . n7 Z( c) U" V* I1 k - W* C5 z$ z5 |- e6 Y9 x, t& rM： Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.+ T" O; m& v% p, V* H" q! S9 f
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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) # \9 J& Q' h" E9 V6 [2 |! p6 e' H) E$ T; e
M：Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?' T% }+ u) a& q+ Z0 n$ Y5 N
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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。$ m/ z/ z) ?( y+ X$ b Q$ D! i* S, }
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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。 . M L1 R4 x, B2 l- VAudio as following: 0 B6 s- U. B; c5 j
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