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流行美语口语 Lesson 31 - sketchy & sucker

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发表于 2010-5-29 12:55 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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。9 A2 e& Q7 t5 Z

1 h( {  `3 g* X5 U* AL: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。
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9 c" c& L4 f$ q: a# `, rM:What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy.
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L:你说听起来什么?你不信小陈说的话?+ A! \$ y! H7 p

# \% Q! v  a' W* I1 t2 {2 ^, j! PM:That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.3 {4 F# B; j# ^! u

2 N* f# Q9 v% ^5 [1 D7 e5 d! a6 V2 C" jL:噢,sketchy就是可疑,不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信?
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M: Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals.
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6 ~2 f2 I% t7 u+ N* Z" |; b& eL: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。' R) c7 `4 g) A. C2 O

6 P- O% x, P  Z" WM:Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy.
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6 z4 d6 X7 J- Q$ K* ~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。  x% S2 ~1 x6 z: b" ^; S/ l
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M:But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.3 [( e: q' U0 R2 C, z# G
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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。4 c7 o2 p# n: y3 a4 e/ O0 T$ v: {

5 d6 W+ E( f" M( {7 e/ P8 ]M:Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.7 H* \- E  c: X9 f- d

- u8 s6 W2 U$ d- ]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?
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! X' J7 y$ @, G- Y1 ]( CM:Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.6 [2 K5 t; u3 D) Q5 }# u- b

. I) Z) {, `& mL: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?
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. N% m& u2 ^1 z* K% [M:Sure!
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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.
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& `# t3 I& r6 AL: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!
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M:She believed that? She is such a sucker!: ?4 P/ l6 r. }# y9 I
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L:她是什么?你是说她sketchy,是吗?
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7 f5 N# _' P# }1 O2 ]M:No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked .
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9 o0 c* h3 d* M$ a6 \9 Q- L% ]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!# Y6 o" ^5 [; ^- t* T/ R/ x

/ h& u$ F0 |" a, P+ gM:Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...# I* i7 L7 ?- U: s0 J
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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!8 f7 r' v1 h# L

5 m; k" `8 X9 ZM: Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.8 X5 ], I2 D: ]& G# j& l4 E
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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)
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6 H  F$ U; R( t; zM:Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?
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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。( z+ g. m9 P' g7 X6 W

' f' L$ f% H, l: L; ]) c: s5 A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。
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发表于 2010-5-30 21:56 | 显示全部楼层
Very good!( u/ t1 [1 R3 W: {3 }
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Thanks for sharing.
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发表于 2010-6-21 20:59 | 显示全部楼层
my colleagues said i was a sucker. i guess it is true. lol
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