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。
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# C0 k0 c) h9 m8 W9 L; Z7 v# w5 QL: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！

9 ]% m7 X, }" LM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?

/ L8 }7 j$ ^: X* h/ D: BL: 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？

7 ]. U0 O% P% ~5 F9 iM: 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.

( W0 r# ^. ^, q2 p: A1 i* w3 qL: 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？
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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7 Y0 K% ^/ i4 bL: 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？

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.
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+ M. A* o9 f2 p2 jL: 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？
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% S1 a! X- p# yM: 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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) O  k# m) I  x0 q0 e3 ?, F/ UM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.

# A# p4 R/ Z& I3 |. N/ hL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！

(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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) o% P& B$ k! V: {) K4 IL: 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.
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* d* e) r. @" E* M5 `' H5 ZL: 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？
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: |7 A  C& @& p8 L' w' @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？

- x9 _: Q% g$ jM: 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.
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" C- ~  L% A4 s* t- }L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。

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.

* `$ v* x/ C. lL: 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: 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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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。

1 h0 u. L" F2 E! a# @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& ?! t! u! ]( zL: 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！
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% N; L0 ?5 p$ o) T& z* @$ O: \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。
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landmaster

thx for sharing.and my straight answer:thank you

Xbfeng

thx for sharing.and my straight answer:thank you
4 v+ j, l3 E2 `# Plandmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

! I4 ~1 h3 y1 C3 f( i$ a: ~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
5 q' G2 r) r7 \1 U+ I. X8 o雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

That should be "strip off".