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

Xbfeng

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。
, u, F4 @) U! w3 z
9 h4 U3 O9 B( G! z( I0 [L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！
& `7 Y& m0 g& }5 A- |
1 g/ b1 d# s8 v6 s) rM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?

' d) ?) V% |4 \! E7 o+ T" G$ W0 cL: 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？

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.
% w$ W. }% E4 j- ]" Y' m. y0 }
7 a: P4 n* p0 p& O$ ?& W3 G- 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？
9 F5 K& a) d0 J, Z/ y+ \# K" C
% J" _$ z1 i1 T6 o$ S1 XM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
! J2 b6 F, J  D0 f- n9 O
$ ~4 i* j; z) C: _) h# C, ]4 ^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？
5 k  v/ j7 X! w2 L; V8 P
% p6 R; l' ?2 q. _( ZM: 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.
: u4 T$ v# Z2 P$ y/ P" n
4 k- F2 c  Y2 D  P0 ^! y& UL: 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？

; u3 U  A* s6 Z! ~- \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.
3 I0 e4 v. O+ C. d$ o
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。
: o5 t1 B6 ~$ g/ }; @
) F1 p9 w# \% m/ \  A! F( r+ vM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.

7 F/ z( u- |  Q" E6 |6 SL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！
$ C, |. ]. m/ P  N
) t; u1 d& k2 h0 h9 T' P(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
7 \# H% t% R. o+ l0 `! A
L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！

M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.
4 S& o- O1 s7 y) z
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？
  G4 z5 j: m7 k8 }% a$ |
0 a2 S  I& Z# x: q* \' gM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer.
7 V6 j0 s: l  X  U  m: Q9 `1 A
& C. C& t# L) P" R, e  Y6 w) @L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？
# G; B' i/ g3 ~
+ ^+ ^. u6 ?/ z" gM: 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.

L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。
* \2 Y7 E. E1 K
" \2 q1 M, L& P% W4 q$ C( KM: 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.

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？

  d9 ?) h2 {  R0 b% H0 W. [4 NM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.

; B) Y% B, X9 z# G; ?; D" n3 ]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。

" j2 `, }+ R* l9 y* V  p; q- F# {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.
0 ~& v( ]$ F- z# J, g2 k" G
8 T- `) }6 }: K" o8 e+ rL: 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！

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。
* N' I6 `7 O; R! gAudio as following:

landmaster

thx for sharing.and my straight answer:thank you

Xbfeng

thx for sharing.and my straight answer:thank you
' P( x+ s' {  r/ j2 ?$ P6 Q+ dlandmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

You are welcome!

雲吞

我还以为ripped off是碰上打劫的把衣服都给扒了呢

Xbfeng

我还以为ripped off是碰上打劫的把衣服都给扒了呢
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

9 ?" d4 \  A$ H5 B' D9 F# r0 gThat should be "strip off".