Xiaohua: Emma, you have something to share with us, right?

Emma: I'm going to ask you guys a question.

Xiaohua: OK. What question?

Emma: Why won't sharks eat clownfish?

Xiaohua: Why won't sharks eat clownfish? Sharks是鲨鱼，clownfish就是《Finding Nemo》里的小丑鱼。为什么鲨鱼不吃小丑鱼呢？Oh, I know, it's because the clownfish is too ugly.

Emma: No. The clownfish tastes funny!

Xiaohua: Hahaha, I got it! Because it's a CLOWN-fish, so it's funny! And when something tastes funny, it means...

Emma: they don't taste right.

Xiaohua: 对，something tastes funny的意思就是味道好怪啊，好恶心，是yucky的funny，not good funny, but bad funny. So the shark wouldn't eat the clownfish because it tastes funny.

And that leads me to my 知识点 of the day: the word funny means funny，可笑的，but it can also mean tasting bad. Let's make sentences.

Emma: Pumpkins sometimes tastes funny.

Xiaohua: No! Pumpkins tastes great!

Emma: Well, only when they're pumpkin soup.
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Xiaohua: Oh, I have a sentence that's pumpkin-related, too. Jack-O-Lanterns look funny. But pumpkins sometimes tastes funny.

说到味道，还有一个特别搞笑，funny的词，也可以形容味道不好吃，那就是It tastes like feet!

Emma: What? You smell like feet!

Xiaohua: When something tastes like feet, it's really, really a yucky smell. 所以对你来说，什么东西吃起来像脚？

Emma: Carrots taste like feet. I hate carrots!

Xiaohua: No! taste like feet的东西也是有特别funny、怪异的味道。I think 折耳根 tastes like fish.
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Emma: I have another one: Poop tastes worse than feet!
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Xiaohua: So，我们说了funny, which can mean both 可笑的，hilarious，and难闻的，难吃的。我们还说了feet, finally我们要说——fishy.

Emma: Fishy, 像鱼一样的。

Xiaohua: 但是fishy这个词其实不是像鱼一样的。

Emma: You look fishy!

Xiaohua: 我们一般不说某个人look fishy，但会说某件事情看起来有点fishy。Something looks fishy...

Emma: that means it involves a lot of fish!

Xiaohua: No! 不是说这件事跟很多鱼有关，而是说这件事可疑！Something is suspicious. Something does not feel right.

Emma: With the fish.

Xiaohua: 跟鱼没有关系啦！fishy的意思是可疑的。但是fishy确实有一个意思，

Emma: 就是吃起来跟鱼一样！

Xiaohua: 对了，就是有鱼腥味的，有鱼味儿的。但是是说不太好的那种鱼腥味儿。Of course fish tastes fishy, but sometimes other things that have gone bad...

Emma: Carrots taste fishy!

Xiaohua: No, carrots don't taste fishy. 真的是要有腥味的，闻上去像是坏了的。那你能不能有可疑的fishy这个意思造个句呢？

Emma: Well，you look fishy.

Xiaohua: No! 我已经说了，fishy一般不用来形容鱼，而是一个situation。

让我来想一个situation. For example, a classmate of yours, who is usually very bad to you, and very mean, suddenly treats you very, very nicely, and wants you to have a snack, or an eraser of hers.

And so you would think: This is fishy. Maybe she wants something from me. Maybe she wants to copy my homework. This is fishy. 对吧。

Emma: No, I would think: maybe she wants to poison me. Fishy, fishy.

Xiaohua: No. It's that bad.
所以总结一下，我们今天学了funny, fishy...

Emma: feety!

Xiaohua: Not feety, but tastes like feet.

Emma: You smell like feet.

Xiaohua: You smell like fish.

Emma: You smell like feet.

Xiaohua: You smell funny.

Emma: You smell like poop!

Xiaohua: You smell like fishy poop!

Emma: You smell like feety, fishy, funny poop!

Xiaohua: I strongly disagree! And so that's all for today, good-bye! ...