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。 3 C/ a1 k! j k- D" E/ y $ k* u& S3 q$ P) T' Z$ S! D3 t, FL: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！6 h+ M1 [" L+ `2 r& t
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? ?6 ?; l& j% Q8 H; x
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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？8 v. n/ C- D# B; O/ N- E2 z$ f) i+ R
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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.! e$ \% K* |6 W! j
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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？! w' z6 g7 ~2 a, h% r
0 _- i7 A' [3 iM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. ! D4 W/ g0 k' \: I+ m* U) P4 C9 Z . [3 F" Z0 G/ P+ b* s- L5 J: wL: 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？ ; i) y0 ^4 Z2 x: `. L$ u" g& \" ^( L; H. B6 @2 a* E
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.- B5 _$ @% O$ K g8 |
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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？ |3 Q2 ?* m) s* J9 u6 x/ ]1 o$ x" c: [! N- @5 r( A3 D% x
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.# g1 d( D. u2 |
/ G9 v) A4 a+ r: ]7 d7 |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。 6 I& n" E8 q. K1 T6 V # V5 z( l- {2 D" i7 n2 gM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.8 H3 ~9 ^8 I8 J
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！0 ]. D ^) O! u
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. + C5 d2 c5 X" R8 S; ~. T9 ] & m# ^# [& d! y% dL: 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？ 2 `: r# Z; ^- k4 n1 Q' {1 g3 a1 f/ ?8 I/ Z3 m( {+ G
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.2 U# f( b6 N% H( q8 P
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L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。4 T6 K3 _" M, h4 W4 q7 S
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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. : _9 p! ^% }" ~8 ~1 H( D* g, o2 u& _$ d; n- v, |# q6 l
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？# M/ L. Q4 Y& v8 K8 ~. R* W
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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.; ?7 E8 l4 x* u) a5 b4 U
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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。 7 J3 c+ ?+ r+ l 6 {5 G. v5 b6 t+ E1 {0 E! ?2 @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$ X$ E$ y8 L4 k9 n* G & ^% E. |2 {( }( OL: 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 d2 a4 {: ~: O# Z) W; f* r: J5 A ) e* w& W& d) i) F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。& G( u& z3 @5 t3 ^5 }
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