今天是星期六，Michael和李华到购物中心去买东西。李华喜欢买衣服，Michael喜欢看电脑, 所以他们决定各自先去买东西，然后中午在吃饭的地方碰头。今天李华会学到两个常用语：to rip off和straight answer。 4 |8 _9 v8 g9 N( D% H4 f5 d: Y9 k% [
L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ - _4 V; l5 ?: Z- y! C' @# D $ c: T9 h3 d& |1 _$ {, dM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? - p& _4 C/ J1 Q2 m3 y" G4 V. S, j) H ' X, e- n" k/ }( b2 iL: 今天我真高兴，你看，买了那么多衣服才花了我七十五美元。那 店要关门了，东西全都半价。Michael, 你买了什么？ 8 s5 m1 Y; A4 p# @4 _, R: B$ X! ^ D, T% C1 S, f4 d
M: I bought a pair of tennis shoes. When I bought them, I thought it was a good deal, but later I saw the same pair at another store for much less. I got ripped off.: h# {, h3 x6 ~! J2 Z8 W" l
* C( T& ]$ q& z0 I' ?L: 你买了一双网球鞋。让我看看。挺好的嘛！Michael, 你刚才说的 最后一句话我没有听懂，什么是got ripped off? 是不是上当受骗的 意思？2 |) ?* P% \ |9 A8 I8 h
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. $ C- O. Z- {; v 2 R- V! d5 J) G8 h3 zL: 你看，我还猜对了。Michael, 你为什么不把买的网球鞋去退掉， 再到便宜的店去买呢？ 0 e: h; D" _4 l: l' z 7 I, i' i- _* T* _0 v% sM: I wanted to do that, but when I went back to the first store, I saw a sign that said "All Sales are Final". So, I guess there's nothing I can really do about it. 7 g4 @( t8 {' p5 w2 ^; p' I# X# S7 L( R5 W
L: 哟，还不让退货，这可真倒霉。那你买鞋的时候怎么没看见不让 退货的牌子呢？& a! w6 X- K5 |0 u- R
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M: I was just too eager to buy these shoes. If you buy something and then find out that it is of poor quality, you can also say you were ripped off. 4 C: n' L1 T7 S O8 q- b 0 E, F/ U+ \9 pL: 噢，买了东西后发现质量很差也可以说to be riffed off。对了，我上 个月从网上买了一部DVD电影，可是我在看电影的时候好几次都卡住 了，害得我连结尾都没看上。! h0 i }+ q1 f# H
- O3 ^! S5 R( S& wM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.8 X4 D ]3 Q" [! z
$ P: `) g: F1 N+ TL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！" l/ F& U# l; W' B
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ + w) p7 x3 C" `1 I) V# | $ G3 ^3 G6 E" {' M, F' {6 \M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.+ j' a! O2 L9 ]) O9 {6 L0 z
, C2 N' a' O \6 z* ^9 I* H' O1 s5 OL: 我也不该花那么多钱。嗨，Michael, 你不是申请去一个公司实习， 他们会付你一些工资的吗？那他们有没有决定要雇用你啊？; A. `7 ^0 U* l, i B
2 {: m" x1 G9 cM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer. & C$ h9 p1 Y7 ?6 { ! @3 x& x J" e4 U. V% A# E" y( {L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ * T% R: P# P+ a " E) }/ d) {5 c5 O# g) G; iM: Well, if you are looking for a straight answer, that means you want someone to give you a direct answer and tell you the truth.( j4 H( W2 S9 `% l
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L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。0 q' [4 m* k! e& t q! f+ b7 V
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M: That's right. For instance, I could see that my last roommate was unhappy living in our apartment, I asked him why, but I could never get him to give me a straight answer. % q! s8 M @2 Z$ N 5 Z. p, _, t5 V6 T5 z" mL: 为什么你以前同宿舍的人既不高兴和你住在一起可是又不告诉你 真正的原因呢？后来他不是搬出去了吗？! {/ v D6 e* y7 d/ x- q
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M: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.2 I- c; E6 h3 C: Z" Q
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L: 他搬出去以后才老实地告诉你他是要搬去和女朋友一起住。 我 还以为他不喜欢你把屋子弄得乱糟糟的呢。 % k) P, p2 L# R4 C/ y2 w, S7 j2 Y3 m4 C
M: Li Hua, I think you are the only one who is bothered by that. Well, this is our stop. Do you still want to come over to my messy apartment? Give me a straight answer. 5 a j4 J9 q1 }9 L9 ~, a0 X* f; `% x4 z; X& z, s
L: 我才不信只有我一个人批评你把屋子弄得乱七八糟。不管你家乱 不乱，我当然得去呀，我的书还在你哪里嘛！ 5 R( o, N( q( k9 @7 d0 t6 S0 q6 r6 K% T$ f) H1 v1 y- K" E
今天李华学到两个常用语，一个是：to rip off，意思是受骗，上当；另一个是：straight answer，意思是坦率，老实的回答。 这次[流行美语]就到此结束，我们下次再见。1 S N: P! T5 t% K" w* X
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