流行美语口语 Lesson 31 - sketchy & sucker

Xbfeng

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。

! s  z4 Q6 S, Y" A4 |$ n( ]# nL：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。
- ^& [. j# D- d$ ~2 z, i
( l; J1 N6 x, ~+ c4 I& HM：What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy.

5 j" _. \( ~/ y/ w- |  bL：你说听起来什么？你不信小陈说的话？
' o( J0 y. O# `, B* H( e) j
M：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.

3 R  p: o; ^" uL：噢，sketchy就是可疑，不可信。你怎么知道小陈说的话不可信？

5 q( j# s/ I! |# N  W+ dM： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals.
8 I$ ^) q2 L# M. A# u9 Y/ D$ u( y
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。
* f) G" v! e8 `6 w2 q* s% W2 G
, L+ r) e, j. L; `5 TM：Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy.

. O3 i) r. ^/ dL： 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。

: m- y4 K* f9 C" r: Z/ q5 NM：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.
/ L" m  l4 T5 o- X, z
+ S& Q6 z0 J9 \* @! `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。
% g+ K& {0 F3 n  F/ |/ T
M：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.
; J  n* i! p1 _4 z
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?
5 [3 D0 ~1 W$ P/ E  Y
& T4 H" L& `% a  RM：Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.

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？
9 r6 r" ?3 ~( q" R1 V- x0 C0 X+ @
M：Sure!
3 n' M$ E2 g3 r6 a9 c* g
7 S  B; _) r( E/ \7 V( {# \4 ^2 Q1 Y! YM：What did you say to your roommate just now? You were talking so fast in Chinese that I couldn't understand.

6 V: \5 h( ?! d! h& `# l, qL：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！
  }5 T7 E/ m; ~
  g: X' Z7 ?: S4 }2 fM：She believed that? She is such a sucker!

L：她是什么？你是说她sketchy，是吗？
) R0 ^$ {9 z* E$ @6 G6 x$ r
M：No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked .
  R) I- q  ~  B: l( h
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！

M：Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...
/ ~$ \5 [1 ^5 M& l8 _# d
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!
- m. e1 L4 |& m8 F+ z
! @6 h6 D/ h8 V8 W) i! ~M： Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.

) T& W1 t& f" E2 i' g( ^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)

M：Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?

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。

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。
2 G# h& R) d$ J( l% z& aAudio as following:

propeller

Very good!

Thanks for sharing.

UncleSam

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