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。 1 b9 H! u# D3 X0 ~2 x. a; K9 D, g( E' U
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。$ `' N+ y+ U5 v$ ~1 f
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M：What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy.- j4 f. N: c% n+ m/ C
2 F' w: c+ m! cL：你说听起来什么？你不信小陈说的话？ 1 `2 \% E' B* u4 j- E+ R7 x5 B @" x" X: b" \; F; n6 c ~
M：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted. 8 `. ?/ ?- H& B4 `% u , c+ T- r, C5 s+ }( yL：噢，sketchy就是可疑，不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信？ 1 M7 e) ?* y: ?6 i6 Y / i/ S& Z; U0 U7 J6 M5 F1 EM： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals. " B1 e, P3 V% f: u! A- Z# F' T3 M) a9 e1 K& Z* I3 k
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。 # D/ a9 n5 x/ {# s! x6 F; K. t0 M2 [8 N
M：Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy.) z- O' V9 Z' |. g8 ^* \ {" o
* P+ h* Q3 n/ p; K: E/ Y/ Q, P: W5 uL： 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。 $ x y0 g1 G- E6 w2 n1 {4 [9 p* H r7 h; U2 f7 l9 Q
M：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.1 g6 S( G; r! g
. m P- F1 @ H NL：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。5 f- h% x, [( n+ c+ W2 c+ R
. D/ ?/ N# {; I' |% u) AM：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me. * T* {+ d' R$ ^! B! A 7 p" f, y) v8 AL：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? ; b3 P$ ?+ v5 K" M c 9 `) z( O( o6 z/ w+ N0 ], Z# GM：Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.9 Q8 k. ]" k, t
# [( ~* y7 f8 |7 R6 A- gL：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 A; k5 M/ m6 r( Q6 O 5 L* |) D+ @+ i' q e: FM：Sure!8 C3 P5 w d/ ]6 @
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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. : J4 r2 H6 z+ V3 F2 J+ W7 G6 v/ T, A, w+ E0 q# z
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！ 3 u1 F( {6 A6 B: v3 O$ G& _9 [3 `. O% U' ]& j% A+ K
M：She believed that? She is such a sucker! ' [' u' N; R- c( N) J" r" R# N' l; T- O0 K9 ^, j
L：她是什么？你是说她sketchy，是吗？ b3 k3 N4 _) h: @( ~: A% J* @
/ C7 M1 |8 j9 a! aM：No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked . / [% I& B0 I" {8 P* t J+ P: ?8 E% t- a
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！$ N4 z3 F B* `! B% w+ d* K
4 H# i9 ^0 d8 N$ S4 U' y+ [ HM：Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...3 K- g; e$ v) g/ M9 l" x
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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!. N. j* K8 V; T s0 I
& y: ~5 \! j2 L& U# t/ R# ~3 kM： Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate. " y9 B0 b: U, @ - O8 D* F/ T+ H& `9 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) 1 s% M3 x% H) Z# F: e; s' h/ d+ s A/ W* e, N& m" _( S
M：Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother? ( C2 \' c U7 W! w6 g" v& M / Q) v9 y# i3 {6 y9 l& V. j5 tL：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。" G+ J b- k$ e- F( B1 M, l/ L1 n
1 m1 x4 ` J/ S) o8 O C9 q; }4 Q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。$ h! x) }3 F7 c \8 a
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