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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!
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) l9 e9 ~$ h! p* QM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?& F' s$ V+ |2 q7 @4 R

0 _7 m- }( \" n3 G" R! A$ |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?
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  ^8 O* y/ @! f. m+ F1 Q  ]" |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.0 Q; O( s. ]& g; e
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L: 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.  F! ?# W. h; \( Q9 E

* t4 ]: i4 o0 E- v( M; q! lL: 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?1 G% {( t- v: d" k0 Z9 {* x6 P
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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.
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L: 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?& a- E# N5 v- D- t
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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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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。: n: R) `- b: A$ E1 E* [
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.3 v0 n% q' r# S- ?

# y; w4 ^) u5 iL: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!' c& ~* l5 y" c$ Y3 e6 P' O' d

! s8 l2 g* M& T% B4 U(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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L: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!( P/ O; M4 q/ o; w5 n. l
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.
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5 g! |0 Q) y8 a! b8 i) JL: 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.
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8 g2 z5 f+ m4 {) g3 mL: 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.. O. O3 C6 ^" L! ^# o" E1 M& g

: V7 _/ ^; R8 Y  T: KL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。
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$ K% F* g2 p1 t% u/ z$ v- YM: 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./ g; Q7 T; ]$ W. G% a6 K
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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?
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* d) z% u7 E! s2 X, |& A% AM: 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。. |% _" T' G4 z  c3 M

" V; ~. f9 c6 Q2 L; L. o2 L% X" iM: 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.
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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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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, L3 J  ~0 k6 |; [. K* Z) a( `& ]
landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

3 N$ M# u' G9 s+ aYou are welcome!
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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9 D1 u! q3 [+ M1 l) A
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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