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。 . G* f4 M. a* X0 B; b4 d7 r/ O: @6 ]: h+ G8 e1 Z1 D
L: 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。3 U4 ?& U$ ^3 l `) H( w
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M: She's not usually so nice. Normally all she does is complain. I think there's something fishy going on. " h( N; \3 j/ E ! m9 u7 A' r: g: Y7 @' c M GL: 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？ + M9 l* r% v3 f . f2 ]! `( X/ S$ @M: Oh, fishy is fish with a "y". It means there is something suspicious going on. ! k) }1 v# ?8 ^( o4 j. ? 4 q7 l) a3 M, h. @ v0 kL: 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？ # K2 y" l% g A% V; G, S % W6 p9 U8 ]% l" h# v3 iM: Because she always acts this way when she is trying to get our parents to let her do something.6 T6 {8 Y0 J! O; g2 X* P7 S4 g
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L: 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。- j; i$ o `! L7 U) o8 \
@. d- H0 o" I: o W9 B) Z1 ^- ]2 fM: I can say something is fishy if I think someone is lying about something. * c& |7 [% L/ d7 l2 d8 e/ x) e. I, B
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.# }, a& S4 `: `4 r' B" R
$ i: i; \1 x3 O B5 T* `M: That's right. + ~9 I8 {. j2 x/ N; ^1 K( K% p$ @ G* @" o
L: 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？ ' Z; C; U g; |: B . a, r- W8 j9 U [# [M: 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. ! n% @! _# d4 j6 Z5 ^1 N1 R3 G: t$ ^% m1 f+ f, b
L: 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！. A: N B g* P
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M: You really have to be careful whenever you smell something fishy.1 r( M4 ?. K' ?) G4 T
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( Michael和李华在飞机场)! g) l& W/ {: ]3 P! _
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L: Michael， 一个周末过得真快。好象刚到，现在又要搭飞机走了。 5 u" x0 R2 R: T ; B5 d* A& q. h& M1 M% }/ SM: Look, half of the flights are canceled because of the snow, but ours is still on time. We really lucked out.! v7 I" X/ P+ T3 W
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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？8 k1 y& s/ Y* f3 d4 ^
! I9 D' ~. g7 Z6 R/ ]6 IM: Yes, it means we were really fortunate. 5 W2 F4 O2 c: g) v/ i' e' { 4 H8 x( @, E, a# R6 c+ k0 @L: 那每当我觉得运气好的时候，我都能用to luck out来表示吗？9 Q% C* Q$ i E0 b
& A7 b5 ?: ?5 h* e9 D6 F! bM: 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.* a0 Y- k. i" p0 [+ R
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M: Hold on a second, I think they just called my name. I hope nothing's wrong.. W# ^$ ~# i& `
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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。9 O: K1 o! B4 u3 j
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M: No, in fact I lucked out again. I dropped my wallet at the ticket counter. They just wanted to return it to me.+ ~8 E9 K2 B4 T: x* r2 v
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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？6 H- w- W+ x o( {$ {
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M: Not much, only ten bucks! Come on Li Hua, let's board the plane.# m8 W) {8 ?7 N7 o
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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。 这里[流行美语]就学习到这里。我们下次再见。' H( ~5 x( H- G$ Y& q
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