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2024.05.14 10:11
第叁部 第二课: fishy , to luck out
- 大家都认识 Michael 了吧！他在纽约上大学，他父母住在华盛顿，这个週末他请李华到他父母家作客。今天李华会学到两个常用语：fishy 和 to luck out。
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- Michael, 谢谢你请我到你家来过週末。有机会和一个美国家庭啊一起过週末，对我来说是很有意义的。你的爸爸妈妈人真好，我也很喜欢你妹妹哎。
- Hmmm, She's not usually so nice. Normally all she does is complain. I think there's something fishy going on.
- 哦～，你说她平时没有像这两天讨人喜欢呀？她老是爱抱怨，这我倒是看不出来哎。哎，可是你说，there's something fishy going on, 那是什麼意思呀？ fish 不是鱼吗？
- Oh, fishy is fish with a "y", f-i-s-h-y, It means there is something suspicious going on.
- 你的意思是，你妹妹表现得那麼好，和平时不一样，你觉得有点可疑，為什麼呢？
- Because she always acts this way when she is trying to get our parents to let her do something.
- 对哎，有些孩子是这样的。当他们想问家长要什麼的时候就会表现得出奇的好。等到要求满足了，一切又照常了。
- I can say something is fishy if I think someone is lying about something.
- 这我就懂了，你啊要是认為某个人在骗你，你就可以说：It seems fishy.
- That's right.
- 像我那天啊，接到一个旅行社的电话，说我得了一个奖，他说啊我可以到四个地方去旅行一个星期，只要二百美元呢；但是啊，要我马上付这笔钱。我当时就觉得很可疑，I thought something was fishy. 对不对？
- You're absolutely right. Let me tell you something, the travel company probably doesn't even exist. After you pay them, you won't be able to find them anymore.
- 哎哟，幸亏我没上当，原来是骗局啊，等我付了钱，他们就消失了！这可真气人呢！
- You really have to be careful whenever you smell something fishy.
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- Michael，一个週末过得真快，好像刚到，现在我们又要搭飞机走了。
- Look, half of the flights are canceled because of the snow, but ours is still on time. We really lucked out.
- 哦～，因為下雪，所以一半的航班都取消了，我们的却还按时飞。真是运气喔。哎，你刚才说的 lucked out 大概就是运气的意思吧？
- Yes, to luck out, luck is spelled l-u-c-k. It means we were really fortunate. Usually, it is used in past tense, l-u-c-k-e-d, out is spelled o-u-t.
- 那～，每当我觉得运气好的时候，我都能用 to luck out 来表示吗？
- Yes, for example, I can say I really lucked out on that test last week. I didn't study very much for it, but I still knew all the answers on the test.
- 上星期的考试，我可没有考好。你啊，没什麼唸书倒是都能答出考题，you really lucked out on that test. 我可没有这种运气啊。我要不唸唸书就考不好。
- Hold on a second, I think they just called my name. I hope nothing's wrong.
- 对哎，我也听到他们叫你名字了，快去看看，有什麼问题。
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- 怎麼回事啊，Michael, 票子没问题吧？
- No, in fact I lucked out again. I dropped my wallet at the ticket counter. They just wanted to return it to me.
- 啊？你钱包掉了还不知道啊，柜檯捡到了还主动还给你。你哪来这麼好的运气呀！You really lucked out this time! 钱包裡有多少钱哪？
- Not much, only ten bucks! Come on Li Hua, let's board the plane.
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- 李华今天学到了两个常用语，一个是： fishy，意思是「怀疑对方不老实、有花招」；另一个是： to luck out，这是指「没有料到的运气」。
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