Michael在纽约上大学，他父母住在华盛顿，这个周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。 X4 ~( B: s1 {* c0 V( B 3 j4 O, u/ m. {! Z3 {* a9 PL: Michael, 谢谢你请我到你家来过周末。有机会和一个美国家庭一 起过周末对我来说是很有意义的。你的爸爸妈妈人真好，我也很 喜欢你的妹妹。! C1 l* V6 ^. A( N0 C8 S
, u5 s* [; f, V9 y ?M: She's not usually so nice. Normally all she does is complain. I think there's something fishy going on.3 n, d/ Z4 u( c" j: _9 m6 V
5 }3 T0 D4 p. d2 q: ~L: 噢，你说她平时没有象这两天讨人喜欢呀？她老是爱抱怨，这我 倒是看不出来。你说，there's something fishy going on, 那是什么 意思呀？Fish不是鱼吗？ 4 p% \- p3 @* D0 J7 k9 x8 M' E G$ b3 l; D j2 M3 _2 v6 k
M: Oh, fishy is fish with a "y". It means there is something suspicious going on." ?" R$ \: s: x, v
$ g; |, z, t( z& z b8 o0 dL: 你的意思是，你妹妹表现得那么好，和平时不一样，你觉得有点 可疑。为什么呢？ : e% i' Z1 D) J" D7 g6 B9 Z0 @0 l" }# h
M: Because she always acts this way when she is trying to get our parents to let her do something. * Y" M' L; R3 v+ |; r & f4 {& U- _" iL: 对，有些孩子是这样的。当他们想问家长要什么的时候就会表现 得出奇的好。要求满足了， 一切又照常了。* Y) _3 \( q; J6 S6 x d: P
3 O$ U; P0 P E& {, E! o( MM: I can say something is fishy if I think someone is lying about something. * e/ @- v7 L$ K8 f; }" i3 P5 v: ?, V' p) `2 z4 K/ K' P: S
L: 这我就清楚了，你要是认为某个人在骗你，你就可以说：It seems fishy. $ d: V1 M" A" p) ~) Q 9 `6 @) X; z" l4 A9 Z* rM: That's right. 2 T$ N4 G2 {+ Y8 ]! u " |8 i+ [2 Y B8 @' XL: 比方说，我那天接到一个旅行社的电话，说我得了一个奖。他说我可 以到四个地方去旅行一个星期只要二百美元，但是要我马上付这笔 钱。我当时就觉得可疑，I thought something was fishy, 对不对？- v' U0 N2 n0 q5 O
7 N0 D, o5 _3 Y# \3 u' C uM: 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.7 T) _7 h) Z9 H5 s* l
/ {: X! z1 H# \; TL: 哟，幸亏我没上当。原来是骗局，等我付了钱，他们就消失了！ 这可太气人了！ & K* M. O6 K0 ^, v: l# l$ ~; t7 K4 |& G9 e! r
M: You really have to be careful whenever you smell something fishy. / b- x: t! p' Q- |* F* }9 q+ g4 \. H6 u% R/ v( i: J/ Y
( Michael和李华在飞机场) ; n5 @3 e# b+ { E$ T + d" K( a) V4 G1 rL: Michael， 一个周末过得真快。好象刚到，现在又要搭飞机走了。0 Q2 B/ q( r7 j+ B% n$ l0 Q+ w, f
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M: Look, half of the flights are canceled because of the snow, but ours is still on time. We really lucked out./ u9 C: g; p+ Z& l& r
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L: 噢，因为下雪，所以一半的航班都被取消了，我们的却还按时飞。 真是运气。你刚才说的lucked out大概就是运气的意思吧？, j" h0 o: a- ~ K2 m- W& o# ^
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M: Yes, it means we were really fortunate. O+ I" b( A: Z
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L: 那每当我觉得运气好的时候，我都能用to luck out来表示吗？ ( ^; y; a8 M: Q; F$ d! K2 J; i , a# i/ G- S' \( Y, uM: 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./ U7 Q/ g: j$ m' ]
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L: 上星期的考试，我可没有考好。你没怎么念书倒是都能答出考题， you really lucked out on that test. 我可没有这种运气。我要不念书就 考不好。1 M* H8 P# O5 w7 Q
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M: Hold on a second, I think they just called my name. I hope nothing's wrong.. V: v, y# Q c# a
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L: 对，我也听到他们叫你的名字呢，快去看看，有什么问题。 % ^3 m) X# n0 h $ f2 m7 r) Z. ML: 怎么回事，Michael, 票子没有问题吧？ ! u( R0 z; W; i& a) X# g% e3 |1 z4 ? s, O7 `
M: No, in fact I lucked out again. I dropped my wallet at the ticket counter. They just wanted to return it to me. 5 j9 g% ?" |' n- n8 e( A+ J* o4 q1 Y
L: 哟，你钱包掉了还不知道，柜台捡到了还主动还给你。你哪 来那么好的运气呐！You really lucked out this time! 钱包里有多少钱 哪？: r' `! ^3 c! k5 \- X* w' r, ]
/ g3 c3 F- Z! w+ DM: Not much, only ten bucks! Come on Li Hua, let's board the plane. * }# ^* s' g9 ~6 y2 a; g5 h+ X0 \, l K4 _$ t3 C; ^! ~
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。 这里[流行美语]就学习到这里。我们下次再见。. R5 L8 Z/ G( E/ p% F% {; B
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