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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。. n' ~, l6 F# n2 s1 i: r# J
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L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!
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+ _4 ^$ G9 `4 H4 W4 XM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?% X5 W6 `& ^! V; p* i: c
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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." M0 x3 o7 e3 l3 d$ I$ ~
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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?  q/ S& `9 O! k1 k8 F3 |8 w

% g6 x5 Y/ d% P4 M+ j& X" A+ PM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.3 _0 [! f" @; D2 l8 s
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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?
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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.( {+ J* p; I" e* N7 Z% i; h, X
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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?) M( }) Q" R2 X- A% }' Z
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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.
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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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% W' p: ^6 R( S  ?+ t% GM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.- q; a* C6 N/ R; O5 B

8 o/ u: J# a! x/ _% ]L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!
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- n# a! P* P$ R* ](Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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L: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.
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1 C8 @( c6 e0 j2 f  ?' PL: 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?* N& e$ ?' X  d# }% j' K4 S  x
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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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L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?
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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.8 O' z- g6 S8 ~' I

2 K: e- ]% {4 b9 u' D; f5 o- ^L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。( A' O4 b( x8 l6 X
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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.
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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?
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" k$ N; W! z, q, wM: 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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) s) U( m3 X% V9 QL: 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。( ?* m4 Y$ d) m! i2 Z+ ?, i
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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.+ h2 A! D% c- X9 z+ ^

+ E+ ~8 p2 }7 f) z' }7 aL: 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!% I" l# C" |/ ~$ g3 z9 O+ h

: U3 h3 E- @; g9 r. X: C; F) x$ a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。% A! y4 E, S9 Y" L
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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 you1 X( v( c0 w( x" A9 v/ W
landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

0 J. ?# p8 c8 ~# n* IYou are welcome!
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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  T/ m) s. u; h6 k' j9 e
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

9 M( ]9 q+ U+ u' Z9 s, YThat should be "strip off".
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