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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。
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: j, s& \/ z: C4 Z# h- D3 C+ UL: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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M:What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy.5 [3 G3 z# `4 O
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L:你说听起来什么?你不信小陈说的话?' j6 t2 m8 }% Q) c) w$ E- n7 L4 h
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M:That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.0 m' u1 ~4 C4 _' a. m" x

% ~6 Y. n! v* ~2 EL: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.4 @/ Z+ D. @. g' z

% v4 j; s- e3 v1 {' o; nL: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。5 G+ l- A: w! c1 U7 C3 G% o& z
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M:Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy.
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$ R% s- J& l8 ^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。
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& C. j4 i* B0 K, ~  U7 nM:But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.
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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。
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. k' F- o3 F! M& v: S- |) M  uM:Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.( a& P+ e: L" @- M+ j, v& k+ g
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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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M:Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.( t8 o- y7 J; g9 C/ y

& h1 P* V( Y2 }1 d$ ~2 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?6 f  g; x! \+ M
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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.* d2 B& r! r; W7 e5 _9 d
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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!
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& Q! o# Z% i# r* ?" `  D( BM:She believed that? She is such a sucker!- w6 L; v& C$ b

/ s. i8 |3 M* K. DL:她是什么?你是说她sketchy,是吗?
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- [+ k  s7 ]0 ~: J; A# c) Y$ VM:No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked .( q8 Q5 y3 |( ?: C2 \+ B

& D- g- G6 S" X1 J6 g6 uL: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!( g4 f8 S5 Y6 t. Y

5 @" D  G3 `9 M7 N9 w0 m- EM:Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...+ h3 N2 j$ N, j4 o% S: T, |
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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!
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M: Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.
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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)" u- Z+ N7 r$ x4 H& @0 X

" v% `3 I4 ], _4 r% j& yM: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。
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2 C+ y8 w9 W$ S1 q& C- M% z# T9 B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。8 z2 Q8 N! `% B. y' M$ s
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发表于 2010-5-30 21:56 | 显示全部楼层
Very good!
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  z; C. ^8 |" VThanks 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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