流行美语口语 Lesson 31 - sketchy & sucker

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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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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。

7 u1 ^6 E. P1 r" K  }2 }# gM：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？
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M：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.

6 K7 W& ~" h7 N( h" T) BL：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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7 a2 y2 F  j( o% l( ~- [$ qM： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals.
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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。
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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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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。

) E% o7 w/ L6 H! \: LM：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.

. R  H( }1 E( y+ x* Q% w  H% cL：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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M：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.
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) _5 E( q) Y9 E% KL：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?

& `  Z% n2 h' ?3 iM：Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.

3 Z( y. A9 A, E! p) U; |L：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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M：Sure!

! _) I' D$ |$ B+ ~# I! A1 F8 r& k  [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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, z# a, X5 Q7 h2 E5 r8 JL：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！

: j; h7 M. x. [6 ]9 e9 CM：She believed that? She is such a sucker!

L：她是什么？你是说她sketchy，是吗？

M：No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked .

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！
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+ I! u+ ?6 N8 S8 q( sM：Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...
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* R; i' l2 ^$ s+ B2 A. FL：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)
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( C. P! j9 C* l- d2 E% C, J( JM：Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?

. `; `, y8 ?; {2 F8 E/ E6 aL：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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. {3 T! B" l. k- ^- Q; m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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propeller

Very good!

# }+ ^! O0 r: ?6 N* sThanks for sharing.

UncleSam

my colleagues said i was a sucker. i guess it is true. lol