今天是四月一號愚人節(jié)。李華到處去找Michael, 有事商量。今天她會學(xué)到兩個常用語,sketchy和sucker。
L:Michael,和我住在一起的小陳今天打電話到我工作的地方。她說警察到家里去找我。他們說我的簽證有問題。我該怎么辦?我很害怕。
M:What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy.
L:你說聽起來什么?你不信小陳說的話?
M:That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.
L:噢,sketchy就是可疑,不可信。你怎么知道小陳說的話不可信?
M: Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals.
L:嗯,對呀,警察抓罪犯還忙不過來呢,他們才不管簽證呢!移民局的人才是管簽證的。這么說來,小陳的話是有點(diǎn)可疑,sketchy。
M:Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy.
L: 對,Michael, 你可真行吶!要是簽證有問題,移民局一般會先給我一封信,他們才不會到家去找我呢。這真是越說越不可信了。
M:But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.
L:今天是什么日子呀?噢。。。今天是四月一號愚人節(jié)! 喲,我的老天爺呀,我沒想到小陳會跟我開這個玩笑。
M:Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.
L:等等,你也能說一個人sketchy? 你覺得小陳這個人不太可信?對,她的話確實(shí)是靠不住。上星期在聚會上見到的那個人,死跟著我不放,楞要送我回家,我能不能說,that guy was very sketchy?
M:Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.
L:對了,我得打電話告訴小陳我沒上她的當(dāng), 借你的手機(jī)用一用,行嗎?
M:Sure!
M:What did you say to your roommate just now? You were talking so fast in Chinese that I couldn't understand.
L:我告訴她我很生氣,我不想再跟她住在一起了,我告訴她我要搬出去和她哥哥同居了。嘿,她好象真相信我說的話!
M:She believed that? She is such a sucker!
L:她是什么?你是說她sketchy,是嗎?
M:No, no... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked .
L:Sucker這個詞我在學(xué)校里經(jīng)常聽到,可就不是太清楚究竟是什么意思。原來sucker 是指很容易上當(dāng),很輕信別人的人。我一開始相信了小陳的話,那我不就是個sucker咯!
M:Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...
L:那倒是的,每個人有時難免會當(dāng)傻瓜。我記得你在電腦上收到很多電子郵件的廣告,說你可以在家工作賺很多錢,當(dāng)時你還很相信這些廣告呢。You were such a sucker!
M: Hey, my phone is ringing. Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.
L:是小陳?讓我跟她說話。 (李華接電話)是呀!我不管你告訴他什么。我們相愛,我們要同居。什么?我不管你說什么,我不要跟騙我的人住在一起。 (關(guān)電話)
M:Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?
L:對,他跟她哥哥通完了電話,但是還相信我要和她哥哥同居了。我看我還是給她打個電話告訴她我是在開玩笑吧,否則她會把我的東西從窗子里都扔掉的。
今天Michael 教李華學(xué)會了兩個常用語,一個是:sketchy,意思是一個人,或者是一個人說的話不可信,值得懷疑;另一個是:sucker, 指一個很輕信,很容易上當(dāng)?shù)娜?。這次[流行美語]就學(xué)習(xí)到這里,我們下次節(jié)目再見。