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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。- L' w# k; q! ~# ?' E# V! |

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0 p- L# a7 j$ m: LM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?7 i7 ^2 `' w" T1 n
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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?% d2 S+ U: q" A! `) X" `
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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.+ e4 \9 g  p3 M* w3 `0 g/ m0 g
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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?4 C* a$ O$ h. {/ g7 D) ]$ @
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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% k- [% }+ F' O& r/ G, k. HL: 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?+ L+ k! W" y7 D
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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.% Q: S6 V: L! M
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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?' \' B( g( J0 u8 e
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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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$ y4 C3 g2 }* Z( ?+ @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。( n1 o; D; b$ X! m9 g
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.. T2 z8 G1 G3 c8 d9 p9 o  {7 ]+ c/ r
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)  G: `) f, z: L% f

, Q; m( o& E9 G2 ~# v" O# \0 |- SL: 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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! G7 |& q# Y! t! O+ q, eL: 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?  q9 _' |$ `/ h7 c

5 r2 T1 m; v/ s2 G/ B/ ?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.% e9 L  h+ g) [( Z5 \0 c- m

; g% C) |" T+ j9 jL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?% U1 a0 Q7 s& A" W) x
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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.
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& ]5 M6 M, g( H+ S% p, XL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。
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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.% S, ], f' K$ R+ W
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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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$ ~5 ]) K* x, HM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend./ E+ u, \4 T% T, w
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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。2 p8 j1 X: T6 R  X  P' M4 |1 l

" h  o( Y" v5 I! \2 Y& gM: 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.
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) y4 A1 k+ d1 s# m- u: gL: 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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" t1 |& d$ E4 A  o; I$ |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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鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
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 you  F! i5 W: P, e; f
landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17
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You 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
: [' q* j+ c* V0 f! v* J雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

0 f, m; @2 d  g+ d! L  kThat should be "strip off".
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