流行美语口语 Lesson 31 - sketchy & sucker

Xbfeng

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。

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。

9 r/ ?  p" Z3 ZM：What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy.

  D5 A: A, h& d) i  N0 xL：你说听起来什么？你不信小陈说的话？
" X% V* j- c6 Y
M：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.

4 |3 Q2 y+ O! SL：噢，sketchy就是可疑，不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信？
9 Q; E& S' E: ]9 ~: k3 G; Y
4 G2 \+ p1 ^! \+ C* MM： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals.

/ v% ]( ?; t. [# @3 G2 O1 l& _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。

8 ^4 P' U) M2 k  t: r& I7 M* ^M：Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy.

4 |4 A$ C: k( |0 Q! P7 q6 f" r2 tL： 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。
% v$ ~1 e- s6 s+ |& i( v( t. @
M：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.
4 C* B7 H) u3 ]2 ^
' V/ v& u5 S9 X, WL：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。
  W  n9 h6 \8 g9 f' e
+ b+ ]$ Y9 I7 cM：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.

; B- E4 P% O8 w* B# f. d6 l6 _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?
: U! w$ ~9 T$ `( P  r
4 }2 Y8 G$ E% Z+ jM：Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.
, x& E% S- A% s' x! Y
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？
1 }* X. }% ]: h) U' z: J& _& R) F: K3 c
" Q: l+ T$ W" l  e7 n0 P/ h$ q4 aM：Sure!

M：What did you say to your roommate just now? You were talking so fast in Chinese that I couldn't understand.
6 J1 n8 z8 R; H
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！
8 {; ]2 h& i1 g- n  D$ _
M：She believed that? She is such a sucker!
  l' p6 j$ Q$ Q  t- U: v
L：她是什么？你是说她sketchy，是吗？
. J0 a3 e8 e0 b9 t% N2 k  \  V5 m
M：No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked .
! S$ r7 [; f3 ]* ^6 x
9 R" V4 j6 ]% C) }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！

! g. o" x* ~* R, g# v9 z8 E& _: V  VM：Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...

% b6 g% g, W0 F3 ~  D  n/ B! gL：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!
) k7 ^& F# Y  I* {# G3 W9 s, y
M： Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.

1 o. n. G+ \6 D. Q+ N4 CL：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)

3 ?( x6 `# f3 u. p8 ^M：Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?
6 m; |9 m  v* [* a# h
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。

  E) y! D% S" g. 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。
Audio as following:
3 N" X0 |& h% C& w9 X, [

propeller

Very good!
3 L! A7 j# l% J4 C( L! H
Thanks for sharing.

UncleSam

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