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。

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。

M:She's not usually so nice. Normally all she does is complain. I think there's something fishy going on.

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？

M:Oh, fishy is fish with a "y". It means there is something suspicious going on.

L: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？

M:Because she always acts this way when she is trying to get our parents to let her do something.

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。

M:I can say something is fishy if I think someone is lying about something.

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.

M:That's right.

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？

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.

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！

M:You really have to be careful whenever you smell something fishy.

( Michael和李华在飞机场)

L:Michael， 一个周末过得真快。好象刚到，现在又要搭飞机走了。

M:Look, half of the flights are canceled because of the snow, but ours is still on time. We really lucked out.

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？

M:Yes, it means we were really fortunate.

L:那每当我觉得运气好的时候，我都能用to luck out来表示吗？

M: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.

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。

M:Hold on a second, I think they just called my name. I hope nothing's wrong.

L:对，我也听到他们叫你的名字呢，快去看看，有什么问题。

L:怎么回事，Michael, 票子没有问题吧？

M:No, in fact I lucked out again. I dropped my wallet at the ticket counter. They just wanted to return it to me.

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？

M:Not much, only ten bucks! Come on Li Hua, let's board the plane.

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。

• complain [kəm´plein]   vi.抱怨，叫屈；控诉   (初中英语单词)
• absolutely [´æbsəlu:tli]   ad.绝对地；确实   (初中英语单词)
• whenever [wen´evə]   conj.&ad.无论何时   (初中英语单词)
• suspicious [sə´spiʃəs]   a.可疑的，多疑的   (高中英语单词)
• counter [´kauntə]   n.计算者；柜台；计算机   (高中英语单词)
• trying [´traiiŋ]   a.难堪的；费劲的   (英语四级单词)
• wallet [´wɑ:lit]   n.(放钞票等的)皮夹子   (英语四级单词)
• normally [´nɔ:məli]   ad.正常情况下；通常   (英语六级单词)