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2024.12.09 22:42
第三部 第二課: fishy , to luck out
- 大家都認識 Michael 了吧！他在紐約上大學，他父母住在華盛頓，這個週末他請李華到他父母家作客。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：fishy 和 to luck out。
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- Michael, 謝謝你請我到你家來過週末。有機會和一個美國家庭啊一起過週末，對我來說是很有意義的。你的爸爸媽媽人真好，我也很喜歡你妹妹哎。
- Hmmm, She's not usually so nice. Normally all she does is complain. I think there's something fishy going on.
- 哦～，你說她平時沒有像這兩天討人喜歡呀？她老是愛抱怨，這我倒是看不出來哎。哎，可是你說，there's something fishy going on, 那是什麼意思呀？ fish 不是魚嗎？
- 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，你妹妹表現得那麼好，和平時不一樣，你覺得有點可疑，為什麼呢？
- Because she always acts this way when she is trying to get our parents to let her do something.
- 對哎，有些孩子是這樣的。當他們想問家長要什麼的時候就會表現得出奇的好。等到要求滿足了，一切又照常了。
- I can say something is fishy if I think someone is lying about something.
- 這我就懂了，你啊要是認為某個人在騙你，你就可以說：It seems fishy.
- That's right.
- 像我那天啊，接到一個旅行社的電話，說我得了一個獎，他說啊我可以到四個地方去旅行一個星期，只要二百美元呢；但是啊，要我馬上付這筆錢。我當時就覺得很可疑，I thought something was fishy. 對不對？
- 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.
- 哎喲，幸虧我沒上當，原來是騙局啊，等我付了錢，他們就消失了！這可真氣人呢！
- You really have to be careful whenever you smell something fishy.
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- Michael，一個週末過得真快，好像剛到，現在我們又要搭飛機走了。
- 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，我們的卻還按時飛。真是運氣喔。哎，你剛才說的 lucked out 大概就是運氣的意思吧？
- 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～，每當我覺得運氣好的時候，我都能用 to luck out 來表示嗎？
- 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.
- 上星期的考試，我可沒有考好。你啊，沒什麼唸書倒是都能答出考題，you really lucked out on that test. 我可沒有這種運氣啊。我要不唸唸書就考不好。
- Hold on a second, I think they just called my name. I hope nothing's wrong.
- 對哎，我也聽到他們叫你名字了，快去看看，有什麼問題。
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- 怎麼回事啊，Michael, 票子沒問題吧？
- No, in fact I lucked out again. I dropped my wallet at the ticket counter. They just wanted to return it to me.
- 啊？你錢包掉了還不知道啊，櫃檯撿到了還主動還給你。你哪來這麼好的運氣呀！You really lucked out this time! 錢包裡有多少錢哪？
- Not much, only ten bucks! Come on Li Hua, let's board the plane.
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- 李華今天學到了兩個常用語，一個是： fishy，意思是「懷疑對方不老實、有花招」；另一個是： to luck out，這是指「沒有料到的運氣」。
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