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。0 t r" B8 Q' D X7 L
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L：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。! \& D/ n8 `$ t; r7 h- ~. N! u! ]
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M：What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy. V! D( L; g9 Q4 t0 @2 j5 \0 t# h. e( C& l5 b
L：你说听起来什么？你不信小陈说的话？! z+ j0 A7 I6 T X) k6 q
w) l! ^4 E: x9 O) FM：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted. W/ P8 O9 o6 S9 y % U' z+ f: O, ]8 o9 w# gL：噢，sketchy就是可疑，不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信？ * x4 H' ~; h5 _: m: T$ Y/ i6 q1 C& T$ O! W# o& p# X4 [; M0 g
M： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals. , b3 {1 a2 {; x; D" A1 j2 c) ]3 o% I$ R4 y
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。 4 k& g3 h% B9 P a/ G0 M5 B 7 J6 \) n a6 q& |6 eM：Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy. 4 a/ Z5 n& h% ?- e- ~ 9 A& S( j" A/ [6 a* ^3 Z; VL： 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。& z% p7 b6 w& X2 Q( H
2 M2 L4 |# J9 m4 jM：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.0 L) f" d' @2 O8 I* U" h6 W- e3 X
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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。% k& g9 I7 @/ Q/ [5 F6 p5 J
7 ?6 A- M/ }1 @1 c5 \9 pM：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me. + ~9 a/ _+ Q5 m( P/ X+ Q 5 p% c9 Q9 ^# x$ _3 b8 rL：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? # f; o4 Y% {1 j% f, k# L' d; _ G% t J
M：Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that. ( d. ?' {5 F3 l ( D* E3 j2 [& N0 ~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？0 a4 P% O& z% B! e- N$ `9 ?0 D
& ?+ L. H C; Y8 `M：Sure!, R$ G( Y5 F M9 u) P0 f! O' o! j
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M：What did you say to your roommate just now? You were talking so fast in Chinese that I couldn't understand.. y" ?: A( r' t$ V9 f
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L：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！ , d0 D, J8 _0 L$ q, O2 x) B" S m
M：She believed that? She is such a sucker!* f N+ H. O( l r- L
4 U8 w0 X& [5 \! j9 N! SL：她是什么？你是说她sketchy，是吗？ 7 h/ d. s2 Q3 d% Z 1 @0 ^% x. G" cM：No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked .* ?" Y1 O+ t- @1 T
. }2 _/ A1 k/ u1 o; c6 L4 `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！ 7 h: E5 f! {+ P6 t; P1 R0 C6 U$ t. i/ R0 d& M( [0 h
M：Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another..." S$ _! X' }* q- K: z% M
# O1 \- e! `& r( F- B* }: rL：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!, O1 [/ P* N' [$ U H6 ~5 B
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M： Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.- `( a- Q( A; X/ \1 ^1 E0 ?$ ^0 H
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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) % j! o( k6 p$ O+ i 3 R4 o+ V6 K% [( \M：Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?8 O. q6 s# f: t
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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。$ {% A/ N9 P- |8 z% N. M( m1 Q7 y
0 X) u" b+ z% Z) \0 q( Q9 c0 E' U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。 1 ]$ U: T" m2 b5 @/ q6 \9 EAudio as following: # q, ?, w" Z1 x' _$ z2 O q
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