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流行美语 - Lesson 28 - rip off & straight answer

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发表于 2010-4-3 19:00 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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。$ q, S( K2 j- X/ e4 M: A, N2 E- z
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L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?1 b) q  W$ ?2 U
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L: 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?
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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.
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3 X0 Z; h9 T" XL: 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?
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.% K! h9 d8 y1 b- `+ Q! @

" E) T, W0 \" W: v3 j) ?L: 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?3 s8 l% t& v& D/ t# b1 O$ B
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M: 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.
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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?. z2 T8 h2 r! g5 e0 t

/ S/ u- o8 g) \* Q+ ~- BM: 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.
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L: 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。
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.4 K* q9 e7 Z3 y) L+ f7 M
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!, ~3 A; g4 i& L3 G

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: c' ^. }; J' f& LL: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!: E/ @: f1 a3 K( N6 u. J1 w; n
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.
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/ v4 |4 A$ H5 K) v/ R! {L: 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?! F' I: R) {9 s* |
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M: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer.
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7 j/ d' o% x, O% y+ JL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?5 q8 G' i, X. B1 [& Q
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M: 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.& {, c3 E! r  L8 |" v- n; g& L

& h9 {! C" d% vL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。+ L' A8 i( |1 R6 Z( z4 i

  d- P* c! O: \3 VM: 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.
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L: 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?& \  J9 W8 L% |" n1 ]9 [' f
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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.
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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。
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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.6 U6 ]9 I; L4 S+ v( A8 g
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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!
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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。
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发表于 2010-4-3 21:17 | 显示全部楼层
thx for sharing.and my straight answer:thank you
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 楼主| 发表于 2010-4-5 18:03 | 显示全部楼层
thx for sharing.and my straight answer:thank you
/ R8 L( g/ B3 Alandmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

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发表于 2010-4-5 20:28 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
我还以为ripped off是碰上打劫的把衣服都给扒了呢
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 楼主| 发表于 2010-4-5 22:04 | 显示全部楼层
我还以为ripped off是碰上打劫的把衣服都给扒了呢/ X; z0 R& r6 n; ~4 r
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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