; X1 n* \$ x2 D' ~L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！5 J' t5 H) s, D5 V' w! a
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? / O! {2 {1 x A5 `4 l/ l- f- E, m$ l, D9 Z( l% {+ n
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？ " v6 T5 J2 i: U7 M0 w . ] Y' R+ N7 y) ~" H8 Q# I$ ^/ u, PM: 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. . t2 e+ q2 I2 G( y' B4 ~ + V: ^0 t! R# v+ u# g7 JL: 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？1 h/ g! S& c( T' K( x
5 ^' c! ]: ^) rM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.% k% ~* V- I* q" y; f' b
# u. p, {* v# n" B. v5 h+ 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？- _( g, d0 N: @$ m* E
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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. / A) X+ g5 X* t# w) V 6 U- o# T+ G* V1 j* r& RL: 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？ 9 j; D- x! {% s7 y( o9 P0 f0 I 3 h) g: d" a0 ^! c3 E9 | wM: 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. % d" K( e1 c: K: b" g # e8 p6 F" c1 O. z& O! AL: 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。 & z/ l) {. K& E1 O p& _ 2 g# S5 h0 b$ ?. O- M* s9 U, I+ LM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.7 K3 e! F# Q4 l3 C4 y& r
9 J9 ^0 N0 C: Y6 f(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) ) ?# H2 T/ Y( g$ I/ n , d$ D! M1 h/ }6 mL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ 3 v+ D6 D# Q* C1 @1 c1 o* N4 [) { 9 V3 B/ c8 M3 r: I7 i* W- U; rM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. 1 i1 u! ]' A4 c7 F! }5 a' X o( S6 b- ?
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？ $ D* D2 y8 w9 ?3 f. a ) t3 O+ ]+ E+ D% D; G0 @. }6 V- SM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer. + V( X8 b- ~7 p! e2 x7 w ; s/ b v) Z/ U" DL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ C! d" A2 a6 l3 I5 [" I2 L$ ^$ J7 V
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L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 8 F4 O) N n' F7 o . w8 E6 }' S O$ U1 X! AM: 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. ( l. ?: C( ?& {4 S$ o4 O ) ~! z5 S) ^" w* o% PL: 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？2 h3 v" ?" r# q2 U- c, r$ s9 _( A
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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。 3 A2 E$ x; O* r+ f! i4 m6 i4 Q6 k+ Y. 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.; N' [6 V8 ]3 b$ y# T
8 ?4 B7 C! h. ? _) @& P; IL: 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！* U: R+ E+ W% h! D W: [# m
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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。9 B: [. Z4 I+ h! t% c+ T1 b
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