流行美语口语 Lesson 32 - fishy & to luck out

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Michael在纽约上大学，他父母住在华盛顿，这个周末他请李华到他父母家作客。今天，李华会学到两个常用语：fishy和to luck out。

L: Michael, 谢谢你请我到你家来过周末。有机会和一个美国家庭一 起过周末对我来说是很有意义的。你的爸爸妈妈人真好，我也很 喜欢你的妹妹。
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M: She's not usually so nice. Normally all she does is complain. I think there's something fishy going on.
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$ |" Z6 Q! a9 l: }L: 噢，你说她平时没有象这两天讨人喜欢呀？她老是爱抱怨，这我 倒是看不出来。你说，there's something fishy going on, 那是什么 意思呀？Fish不是鱼吗？
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# ~* W) j+ L2 E8 J  t' r# b# K' cM: Oh, fishy is fish with a "y". It means there is something suspicious going on.
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) b/ o6 q3 V0 a2 gL: 你的意思是，你妹妹表现得那么好，和平时不一样，你觉得有点 可疑。为什么呢？
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+ J0 k+ M& B. F4 x3 tM: Because she always acts this way when she is trying to get our parents to let her do something.

L: 对，有些孩子是这样的。当他们想问家长要什么的时候就会表现 得出奇的好。要求满足了， 一切又照常了。

, [" e; f8 d* T- ?6 @7 F; NM: I can say something is fishy if I think someone is lying about something.

L: 这我就清楚了，你要是认为某个人在骗你，你就可以说：It seems fishy.
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. w+ [5 |0 ^+ @1 {M: That's right.
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L: 比方说，我那天接到一个旅行社的电话，说我得了一个奖。他说我可 以到四个地方去旅行一个星期只要二百美元，但是要我马上付这笔 钱。我当时就觉得可疑，I thought something was fishy, 对不对？
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; A& }) N% i7 \' T  Y) yM: You're absolutely right. Let me tell you something, the travel company probably doesn't even exist. After you pay them, you won't be able to find them anymore.

3 Y9 B, @3 c0 O. J" f* x0 \L: 哟，幸亏我没上当。原来是骗局，等我付了钱，他们就消失了！ 这可太气人了！

M: You really have to be careful whenever you smell something fishy.

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L: Michael， 一个周末过得真快。好象刚到，现在又要搭飞机走了。

M: Look, half of the flights are canceled because of the snow, but ours is still on time. We really lucked out.
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! u6 T9 ^  N2 h7 O: K4 [+ U/ I1 aL: 噢，因为下雪，所以一半的航班都被取消了，我们的却还按时飞。 真是运气。你刚才说的lucked out大概就是运气的意思吧？
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* e$ _6 L* Q: q( x, c! J/ [M: Yes, it means we were really fortunate.

9 o2 q/ b/ i5 L$ gL: 那每当我觉得运气好的时候，我都能用to luck out来表示吗？
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8 H) D4 U7 r* E( UM: Yes, for example, I can say I really lucked out on that test last week. I didn't study very much for it, but I still knew all the answers on the test.
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- W% j" d, Q+ |# p% d; E  {1 U( ZL: 上星期的考试，我可没有考好。你没怎么念书倒是都能答出考题， you really lucked out on that test. 我可没有这种运气。我要不念书就 考不好。

2 F3 W( V0 n0 e9 c: q8 M8 Y: N+ v) k& bM: Hold on a second, I think they just called my name. I hope nothing's wrong.

. N7 B  T! V9 b2 m$ aL: 对，我也听到他们叫你的名字呢，快去看看，有什么问题。
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/ {  P0 z0 Y3 ?4 t) rL: 怎么回事，Michael, 票子没有问题吧？
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! L0 E' O' M% v7 n; UM: No, in fact I lucked out again. I dropped my wallet at the ticket counter. They just wanted to return it to me.

L: 哟，你钱包掉了还不知道，柜台捡到了还主动还给你。你哪 来那么好的运气呐！You really lucked out this time! 钱包里有多少钱 哪？
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) Q+ G; `, m/ N2 r6 u0 gM: Not much, only ten bucks! Come on Li Hua, let's board the plane.

6 P1 f$ e0 P/ H李华今天学到了两个常用语，一个是：fishy，意思是怀疑对方不老实，有花招；另一个是：to luck out，这是指没有料到的运气。 这里[流行美语]就学习到这里。我们下次再见。

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cutemaggie001

haha, i like this English program too~~~!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!

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haha, i like this English program too~~~!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!
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