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。& m0 F) W% Z6 M* C+ ~; s% I
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L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！+ X7 a# d9 R- ^; H
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?5 ?/ Z* K3 H- I' s& g, j* p: h" ^
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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？$ J( H7 X& @% \& h2 `0 g
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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. % X2 b8 [; m* J ! f- ~5 W- V) u1 D- XL: 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？# c$ Y$ O- c4 [6 z
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. F6 w5 ~. a4 O8 K7 g( E0 k+ E ) {- g( H$ D5 JL: 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？ 3 l7 @% I d& p7 o) d0 f5 R$ X; \ ] + s% f3 k5 g7 _) E5 iM: 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. - r6 y, J! q( {9 a- u . H6 ]/ z: |/ g* Z9 z. AL: 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？ - K+ z& r" h8 G- ~5 y# q: a# e I- I" }2 s) B0 p2 C2 j/ G
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. ! \- X' R& Y, A' k* O5 H ! i+ x$ G2 d' x1 l- EL: 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。9 }1 N( z4 r+ l5 X( O ]* S
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. 0 I: M5 G9 C/ L* a! N* t$ i0 H0 @' E" n4 U& ]: {2 C
L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！5 C( _* n' P/ v" p
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ 5 R1 L: u$ o2 M4 _1 A& m0 [ 1 m# @9 Q# h4 g2 U& DM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.. Y' U8 d: u$ g3 @ n- |* f7 g
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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？ ( E# k8 X: h/ z! u* E n8 r- b- N0 Q3 d# A* L
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." O0 }8 V! n* v0 U+ x- v
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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. ; |6 O# c1 Y8 Y/ j# A0 F/ q) O4 V% r* Z( {
L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 5 n3 J" `; h1 q3 q1 ~* ^! B. i/ u" A7 F% p
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. 7 P7 h# b7 d9 Q" g/ l/ q" ~4 e r( ]0 d1 H. Y
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？2 v7 J6 O0 A6 p
; E K( [6 G4 B9 pM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.6 @0 [" ~& w, e. x& [3 k
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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。+ k1 z$ b1 w9 U: t }9 U, `
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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.! A7 t4 i" P' J* M0 l$ u6 o; S
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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。0 n) R0 r2 {. n, X9 a
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