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。 : q0 y/ e. a! |5 \3 i' _0 m2 d4 K' \$ R; M1 Z J9 o
L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！' J5 Y1 n& r8 T+ }
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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？ ~0 R7 }0 u; a) n V2 B- i! i/ C
# W3 W, \+ R% n4 L6 P V% OM: 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. ( l, l& g; X+ ]0 W + Q- c; `' N; GL: 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？ , m& n* K2 T6 V! k3 ]+ R m 8 H0 E' c+ Z% N0 g# |2 J0 hM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.1 b ~$ ]$ J. E, @& f- k2 N" S0 {
0 b5 s( u7 [) O9 g2 b8 x" j2 E# tL: 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？8 w- V% ~% v+ d2 W. T
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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.# O/ v' o- r0 E6 [) P! g; d4 Y. K
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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？% O C+ }9 N# A1 Z( X) T, o
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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. : j2 u) T d: B+ A" T' f % ^3 h7 e" c% Z6 R- T" TL: 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。 , ~9 }' B2 [! q2 R- s+ a( e( B4 s 4 c) [! N+ l' U" q' v$ iM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.1 g& I( ~* w7 u4 ~# T
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！. M! ?: c, u- C) j4 y- V$ c+ J5 R
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！- s; d2 E5 _) y$ R0 A; J& z# U4 a2 {
) k/ u* h# i3 QM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. ; M a& f& U& T ! ]* J+ n5 G& y% KL: 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？ 8 M: G6 i' I- ]2 P$ \# ]6 w 3 T& ^; o' N) W0 hM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer. 6 B; O9 D9 p. ^- D( w1 K6 r / \$ ?/ H, ~& k* N- CL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ 9 i H( J, v8 A' o o. o; i+ m! J' G% H$ A) B
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.9 I) H) D. A9 e9 y; W; q" p4 H
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L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 - k6 O6 @9 T( `2 u, r h( M1 ~$ |+ A5 } B* T: X \
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. n w1 G) B' F' o4 @5 x 5 @; f: b; z3 V: m; a- yL: 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？ 8 d2 @( ?2 O6 p& u: D1 P8 j8 j ; Y, U3 @) d' ]( w# a+ sM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.7 `# w, m* _1 }4 j# G2 p
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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。) x6 E& F- C2 W j2 G" S+ y$ a2 M
# q8 z- p3 J9 {0 s* N- N4 R6 HM: 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. # Q B1 U0 G' z' ^7 ^8 X6 r8 Q7 ?" v$ o7 c
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！$ y, t E* V- X- G' M
4 x O( f- N0 V, Q' p& E3 }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 f, D; d/ H, CAudio as following:' a# p K5 L+ o N; N+ z; w
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