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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。
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L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!& `1 I5 x- p- S+ a

; [3 o, r1 [: D/ p* B) N7 P* GM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
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6 f2 ~4 r6 o7 TL: 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.5 M% D! v- `" u9 j/ G5 q9 j

" h1 W9 K# N7 m/ D" m6 n1 OL: 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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) m' p/ b& T; Q+ m- z+ l# K& xL: 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?% a$ w* i% \* e# 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.1 D- A$ s2 V$ c! k

% K4 i: ]' A, q  k& p3 o- A- m8 zL: 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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! B( Q" D6 x8 a6 uM: 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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6 [1 c# M/ D$ @' u" A' J  x: mM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.1 u8 Z$ N  ~" J
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!  h$ @* u- n) [; [* o' I0 d
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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' e2 w* O( B: ]* fL: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!
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; ]! c" m7 M3 B; L  IM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.
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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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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.4 C) S7 `: H. I7 k8 d0 f7 y2 |

. O; t8 a6 M/ U4 J  j3 x+ |% u. lL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?& j8 o) m  A5 `# L( R+ ^8 G
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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.$ u& o& T# ~8 V: o& e% k8 p
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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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: q' Y# p5 ~' N6 R# b" EM: 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.2 j2 a2 E7 v  k& t) R3 I/ B

5 J1 m. p% H9 VL: 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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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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. l5 _& G9 j: r' q* P' K  lL: 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。- L! W, e: _1 Y0 z" J

: y+ O- A1 v4 Y$ ]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.6 \6 y) U- D) w9 s
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L: 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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/ S( n- b" S% q: l/ a' l% g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。  S6 M; [( N4 q8 y3 d- q  G
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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" o. ?; e4 Q  F6 }& d6 |: i
landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

2 o: s6 t7 i3 P; v2 V$ a( tYou 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
; J$ _, u! P3 K. A/ q3 B2 [4 c- s雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

9 ?) H: V7 ~7 A: z( H6 v( f. yThat should be "strip off".
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