最適合愚人節(jié)的地道英語口語
四月一號(hào)愚人節(jié)。李華到處去找michael, 有事商量。今天她會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)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(duì)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(duì)，michael， 你可真行吶！ 要是簽證有問題，移民局一般會(huì)先給我一封信，他們才不會(huì)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(hào)愚人節(jié)！ 喲，我的老天爺呀，我沒想到小陳會(huì)跟我開這個(gè)玩笑。
m：heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.
l：等等，你也能說一個(gè)人sketchy? 你覺得小陳這個(gè)人不太可信？對(duì)，她的話確實(shí)是靠不住。上星期在聚會(huì)上見到的那個(gè)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(duì)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(gè)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(gè)sucker咯！
m：sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...
l：那倒是的，每個(gè)人有時(shí)難免會(huì)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(shí)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(duì)，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(gè)電話告訴她我是在開玩笑吧，否則她會(huì)把我的東西從窗子里都扔掉的。
今天michael 教李華學(xué)會(huì)了兩個(gè)常用語，一個(gè)是：sketchy，意思是一個(gè)人，或者是一個(gè)人說的話不可信，值得懷疑；另一個(gè)是：sucker， 指一個(gè)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。