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        四月一號(hào)愚人節(jié)。李華到處去找Michael, 有事商量。今天她會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)，sketchy和sucker。

　　L：Michael，和我住在一起的小陳今天打電話到我工作的地方。她說(shuō)警察到家里去找我。他們說(shuō)我的簽證有問(wèn)題。我該怎么辦？我很害怕。

　　M：What? I don't believe her. That story sounds sketchy.

　　L：你說(shuō)聽(tīng)起來(lái)什么？你不信小陳說(shuō)的話？

　　M：That's right. I said her story is "sketchy" . That means it is suspicious and cannot be trusted.

　　L：噢，sketchy就是可疑，不可信。你怎么知道小陳說(shuō)的話不可信？

　　M： Well, for one thing, the police usually don't care about visas. They are too busy looking for serious criminals.

　　L：嗯，對(duì)呀，警察抓罪犯還忙不過(guò)來(lái)呢，他們才不管簽證呢！移民局的人才是管簽證的。這么說(shuō)來(lái)，小陳的話是有點(diǎn)可疑，sketchy。

　　M：Also, I don't think the police or immigration officers would go to your house. That sounds very sketchy.

　　L： 對(duì)，Michael， 你可真行吶！ 要是簽證有問(wèn)題，移民局一般會(huì)先給我一封信，他們才不會(huì)到家去找我呢。這真是越說(shuō)越不可信了。

　　M：But if you want to know what's really sketchy, you should remember what day it is.

　　L：今天是什么日子呀？噢。。。今天是四月一號(hào)愚人節(jié)！ 喲，我的老天爺呀，我沒(méi)想到小陳會(huì)跟我開(kāi)這個(gè)玩笑。

　　M：Heh heh, your roommate is pretty sketchy too, if you ask me.

　　L：等等，你也能說(shuō)一個(gè)人sketchy? 你覺(jué)得小陳這個(gè)人不太可信？對(duì)，她的話確實(shí)是靠不住。上星期在聚會(huì)上見(jiàn)到的那個(gè)人，死跟著我不放，楞要送我回家，我能不能說(shuō)，that guy was very sketchy?