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。 - A' c- Y/ B. m# U. n; D- C, _" H# c . K7 q- i3 B" O/ X! t" jL: 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。 ; b# y3 {. r- \ ! u1 _ R; b0 ^5 z+ {8 |M: She's not usually so nice. Normally all she does is complain. I think there's something fishy going on.- Q, a0 H2 o: y3 Z( {
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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？" n1 o9 H# H: u
' r* ~% \; i3 [) f8 ] ~M: Oh, fishy is fish with a "y". It means there is something suspicious going on. " I0 H( R1 k7 R( O8 A0 [& d9 T9 d! L ; ~) r% ~$ m+ u+ O( y4 F. cL: 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？) z7 S( d. A, J7 j# x
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M: Because she always acts this way when she is trying to get our parents to let her do something. & j X1 E( u& F, W; d+ r$ k2 J5 Z! v( s0 s. a, n9 S4 _
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。 " J# F5 ~; s1 w & ?- z* B# p( {) n5 Q3 }; T' wM: I can say something is fishy if I think someone is lying about something." }4 h& e1 y& G# f
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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. ; t& \) Y9 N1 n2 d$ g9 l& v # B, U6 n+ [' y' U# MM: That's right.7 v" h. n7 i/ F! r# Z1 `* W
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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？. G- e3 j$ G8 v+ L* X( v
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M: 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.9 w/ j( F2 j8 B. ], D% D7 f
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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！; W4 z" K' e7 U" E# |
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( Michael和李华在飞机场). g6 }( G" x" i; d& d/ J/ ?
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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。 6 C& {. V1 N" i3 g; t 2 a% |9 t& ~& l4 XM: Look, half of the flights are canceled because of the snow, but ours is still on time. We really lucked out.& a& N" @& i4 t4 s$ |# H* D$ w
, S, @) \; N" q3 q1 M7 hL: 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？) m. l9 c# Y+ s7 M7 z
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M: Yes, it means we were really fortunate.2 @5 {# O+ |/ n
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M: 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.7 i4 H& V+ i2 `8 _' r/ u
" P, Q7 `' v. C! cL: 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 v: i7 ^% p! v, v
4 o. i. \2 J3 f+ a# } l4 q& FM: Hold on a second, I think they just called my name. I hope nothing's wrong. " R$ g* K3 r8 z+ u. \% p : k3 O+ f* a8 dL: 对，我也听到他们叫你的名字呢，快去看看，有什么问题。2 [4 B) P& o1 @' ?- C
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L: 怎么回事，Michael, 票子没有问题吧？8 _. \( }. \$ T. K# k8 R2 o7 ?! q+ J3 |
6 H+ @' o! t u% _M: No, in fact I lucked out again. I dropped my wallet at the ticket counter. They just wanted to return it to me.8 I. x$ E" e" T; `8 D$ e$ `( y
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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？9 S! L" X( I) v2 P7 M4 z! w
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M: Not much, only ten bucks! Come on Li Hua, let's board the plane. 8 D7 O) J- E1 F7 {1 l% X. P- ~ 5 N. s* b& ]5 b* I' Q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。% p+ k& v8 [5 P3 g* U/ ]0 e, k7 N
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