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2026.04.16 08:33
第叁部 第一课: sketchy , sucker
- 这是四月一号愚人节。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。
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- Michael，和我住在一起的小陈打电话到我工作的地方。她说警察到家裡去找我。说我签证有问题哎。我该怎麼办？我很害怕喔。
- What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy.
- 你说听起来什麼呀？你不信小陈说的话？
- That's right. I said her story is "sketchy", s-k-e-t-c-h-y, That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.
- 哟～，sketchy 就是可疑，不可信。疑？你怎麼知道小陈说的话不可信呢？
- Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals.
- 嗯，对喔，警察抓罪犯都还忙不过来了，他们才不管签证呢！移民局的人才是管签证的。这麼说来，小陈的话是有点可疑，sketchy。
- Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy.
- 对哎，Michael， 你可真行哎！要是签证有问题，移民局一般会先给我一封信，他们才不会到家裡去找我呢，这可真是越说越不可信了。
- But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.
- 今天是什麼日子呀？噢～，今天是四月一号愚人节！哎哟，我的天呀，我没想到小陈会跟我开这个玩笑。
- Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.
- 哎，等等，你也能说一个人sketchy? 你觉得小陈这个人不太可信啊？对哎，她说的话确实是靠不住。哎，还有啊，上星期在聚会上见到那个人，死跟着我不放，硬要送我回家，我能不能说 that guy was very sketchy?
- Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.
- 对了，我得打电话告诉小陈没上她的当．哎，能不能借你手机用一用啊，好不好？
- Sure!
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- What did you say to your roommate just now? You were talking so fast in Chinese that I couldn't understand.
- 我告诉她啊，我很生气，我不想再跟她住在一起了，我还告诉她我要搬出去和她哥哥同居了。嘿，她好像真相信我说的耶！
- She believed that? She is such a sucker!
- 她是什麼？你是说她 sketchy，对不对？
- No, ... a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked.
- 哦～，sucker 这个词啊，我在学校裡常听到，可就不是太清楚究竟是什麼意思。原来 sucker 是指很容易上当的人，很轻信别人的人。要那麼说，我一开始相信了小陈，那我不就是个sucker吗？
- Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...
- 那倒是喔，每个人有时难免要当傻瓜。哎，我记得你在电脑上收到很多电子邮件广告，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!
- Oh, my phone is ringing. Hold on. Hey, Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.
- 啊？是小陈啊？让我跟她说话。 是呀！我不管你告诉他什麼，我们相爱，我们要同居。什麼？我不管你说什麼嘛，我不要跟骗我的人住在一起了。 (关电话声)
- Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?
- 对啊，她啊还跟她哥哥打了电话，但是还相信我要跟她哥哥同居了。我还是跟她打个电话告诉她吧，我是在开玩笑的，否则啊她会把我东西给扔出去呢！
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- 今天 Michael 和李华学了两个常用语，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，那是指「一个人很轻信、很容易上当」。
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