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。

L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！

M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
: t6 L! ~0 s& o8 Q0 H9 D. ?' h
- 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？
% E' T* X, Q5 _8 ]
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.

/ 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？

5 M, I0 ^# ?0 |  `6 u) OM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.

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？
7 [6 X& t5 {; b  J
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.

, 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？

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.
! T1 p4 l) @" J
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。
6 P! f% u3 ]& I+ o2 l! D
M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.
  X% r( Z% Y! K2 K3 w
. P! C3 `- F3 K7 j& }2 RL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！

2 r: m/ J3 W0 C2 l( Q; N(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
3 T, R- y9 s/ [! X9 ?+ x
2 @) D9 a1 y9 S: iL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！
! M$ [9 e# W; u$ a) A
- I9 J( E0 w9 v5 OM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.

  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？
4 {# N: ~" R+ E
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.

; Y4 f, A9 @; d# G" P5 aL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？
' h6 E5 @! ?# w
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.

L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。
2 Y5 X8 M: v5 K1 y- ^( p
! 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.
' l- f" Z4 F3 S. T9 U
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？

M: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.
9 s2 n% w* ~8 h
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。

( 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.

. 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！

% 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。
! F% S9 u; f2 ?Audio as following:

landmaster

thx for sharing.and my straight answer:thank you

Xbfeng

thx for sharing.and my straight answer:thank you
landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

+ K' ~7 {' b- w5 y" L: c' M- c) bYou 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
4 C2 Q4 O: j% ~雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

That should be "strip off".