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。 6 m1 h4 k& q6 b/ ~" u- H* z0 a# E- _/ j
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 h* O. u9 _+ {) f 1 Q% P% g# q0 c6 C% e6 v6 ~M：What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy. H- V. \, v# }/ _
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L：你说听起来什么？你不信小陈说的话？* R7 j+ n3 B) {( ?/ @' J$ E
* C! |$ f. z1 b: u- KM：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.2 K5 M* \. V3 ]* d6 d. a
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L：噢，sketchy就是可疑，不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信？ 4 \6 l! T/ w3 G2 L* f3 `* t- i 6 E, m3 h4 n# l' R# {2 r" W9 EM： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals.( r. a/ n# F3 [' q2 P8 K
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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。 / W3 a; d: ]; I7 v9 r ! a; ~) z. g1 i8 l4 u( W4 SM：Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy. - Q F! [0 Y4 X6 V( {6 C5 e) U' [. [: b8 Z! h
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。 ; l# Q- L( N) n$ K |0 C- ~$ E% }) M1 J$ X& l6 HM：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is. * z W+ S" Z9 B' X6 N/ @ ) k7 x* E( a8 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。6 z" S" B# @% a- _' ?
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M：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.1 ^, U/ y o5 o3 K
9 B8 w' y7 u' T0 j' DL：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?5 E! \& o" z0 w9 m4 ]
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M：Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that. " ~/ W( ?+ ^6 N& O" V( A' Y! U+ S) c; x& i
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？ 2 u' ~; R% q, E9 [. i ' l. g% B9 N: z$ D5 x4 iM：Sure!& S1 |- Z9 ~9 N+ l% |9 [
3 M& ?* G, N% _$ G6 R/ a! cM：What did you say to your roommate just now? You were talking so fast in Chinese that I couldn't understand.* F8 E* z" I2 z0 ^+ D7 z
- k w4 o5 x# h* \, xL：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！; V# @6 m: l) G! J: b3 h! i
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M：She believed that? She is such a sucker! 0 c1 H& ?: X# M( X, N( Q % k! K0 S) b. s6 U. IL：她是什么？你是说她sketchy，是吗？8 P2 b: t: I7 a+ V+ _; E9 ^
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M：No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked . 0 ^6 `0 h6 S/ M2 b % j5 S+ F4 { P% a$ 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！ + M! T; i; h) c) r3 D * |% n- V7 b$ s3 A z" CM：Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another... ; U& ]1 n) Y" z- V' v. m7 f & I1 k5 W/ z" x1 {( v: VL：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! + F4 a, L! I& ]9 W 6 i) Y2 Z4 {0 s. W4 b8 ~M： Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate. , d) u6 F5 L. E( q! o4 O' x( N. C ) d6 e# r9 @: eL：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)4 m' m. E6 h* j) e5 T9 d
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