第一課: sketchy , sucker
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Michael，和我住在一起的小陳打電話到我工作的地方。她說警察到家裡去找我。說我簽證有問題哎。我該怎麼辦？我很害怕喔。

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

你說聽起來什麼呀？你不信小陳說的話？

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.

喲～，sketchy 就是可疑，不可信。疑？你怎麼知道小陳說的話不可信呢？

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

嗯，對喔，警察抓罪犯都還忙不過來了，他們才不管簽證呢！移民局的人才是管簽證的。這麼說來，小陳的話是有點可疑，sketchy。

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

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～，今天是四月一號愚人節！哎喲，我的天呀，我沒想到小陳會跟我開這個玩笑。

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

Yes, that guy was very sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy people like that.

對了，我得打電話告訴小陳沒上她的當．哎，能不能借你手機用一用啊，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.

我告訴她啊，我很生氣，我不想再跟她住在一起了，我還告訴她我要搬出去和她哥哥同居了。嘿，她好像真相信我說的耶！

She believed that? She is such a sucker!

她是什麼？你是說她 sketchy，對不對？

No, ...  a sucker is someone who believes people who lie to her, and can be easily tricked.

Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time or another...

 Oh, my phone is ringing. Hold on.  Hey, Li Hua, it's for you. I think it's your roommate.

Your roommate is a real sucker! She still believes your story even after talking to her brother?

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