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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？1 E7 i. N" c5 b7 w
7 O" F' m* G3 l( F. Y* b! [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. ( P( {9 V5 S4 _; c- _/ v5 F 1 u" \+ z8 g; G) i: fL: 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？7 o4 o0 R" F$ n! O
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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？) P; m/ l- N: A
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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.: k" ~# e, V* P9 J' y
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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？ 8 b4 s* V: W1 P' B% \: x% \. ` + v8 H2 ]. V7 }- m# I) U! k gM: 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.9 ]+ e/ f. X% |) _( L
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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。; ~# r4 Z3 y* N
3 X9 L4 u6 D6 f1 W9 hM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.$ V9 ?, d$ S2 J0 P
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ % \7 V+ {% k/ n# u. Y# ^ / E. a- ]8 v0 c1 b) l(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) , B% L" y* |9 [: X6 ?" i& j2 S 2 m! N( Q m/ S9 \- ]) DL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！2 A& V( ^) x4 H- ^" q" X% h" S
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.5 [* g$ {3 _6 V9 \$ G8 W, \+ A
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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？" |% G$ o; u2 ]
( M! P Y+ Z5 q2 [( r* [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.( ]" O# V' i- e; V$ z* L
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L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ 0 Z/ n, a0 B. H5 l8 _ , W5 n+ P) ]2 D: A8 e. vM: 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. 3 i; X8 {- T" N4 S' U+ B( s) d " W- T' i5 |4 g5 }L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。' t1 Z/ ^' ^3 V, ?( |# d# b# N
8 N! h3 q8 c& aM: 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. , j- p6 q% a6 U/ x# I5 I; N+ J ; S; x) `" M$ x8 {+ AL: 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？# K* I% y; T2 h; ?% U
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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. 0 d1 F9 Y3 A/ n1 |# I) w( o x6 `- m5 R* ^
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。 ! Z N$ q1 I0 M! |' }, C# B `& b8 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. $ s( u9 q# g5 B. A2 K8 s% _ ~. U, ^
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！$ `( _8 x% p* j5 U
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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。 # r, ^' s+ E0 PAudio as following:( ]3 V1 _9 I6 [: n
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