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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。( J/ e0 w. W6 |- H3 u2 Z, r$ k; p
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L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!6 D% s) }5 _# w" I9 x/ m; E
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
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- U) N' P, V# iL: 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.( q% b' [9 U+ n; E% r

/ X: s# h' P2 C; X' A, dL: 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?6 Z7 p& @3 Y' K, N+ M1 I- I

5 M, I0 ^# ?0 |  `6 u) OM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.5 P6 u8 G7 a; s  u3 V6 r6 H
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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.1 E2 K+ u' s, G3 \# n2 {2 l8 H/ U

, W8 S4 D( F8 E  A4 N. h$ wL: 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?, I- `4 {% `0 Q
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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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6 P6 Y8 T% u) u6 q( i% g9 K, bL: 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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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.
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. P! C3 `- F3 K7 j& }2 RL: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!. W& W( G; y/ t7 o& K4 A. }

2 r: m/ J3 W0 C2 l( Q; N(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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2 @) D9 a1 y9 S: iL: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!
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- I9 J( E0 w9 v5 OM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.2 c3 e( f+ L$ E* r$ ~* T) R

  x" A! o' e. W# }$ {L: 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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2 u0 S( F, J9 ?$ ZM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer.$ E: R7 P8 R" t

; Y4 f, A9 @; d# G" P5 aL: 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.. @% c- _+ ~3 {
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L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。
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! v4 E5 l4 @, k5 K3 kM: 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?/ a3 C/ Q0 a9 v4 X/ o1 \" A
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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.
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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。6 m$ t. r/ F; `  f

( C: o. W1 ?$ p6 p( l4 L4 G$ G  eM: 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.1 q, D4 D! x2 c* [1 h

. V7 m' h; z$ j* @' ML: 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!4 i: E7 n) o/ {

% e/ ?& b" i6 h( ?8 d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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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/ f5 f& _2 n* g5 M
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发表于 2010-4-5 20:28 | 显示全部楼层
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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
4 C2 Q4 O: j% ~雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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