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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。) T; x$ E! {$ l+ e( L- k

# B- [  X( ~3 g  C& `& Y' Z6 uL: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!: Y% J, }! p' a0 @

! J  }4 M3 y6 MM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
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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?6 q8 i, _9 e  V! Y' A

' R8 {. `" @- R; }' V7 SM: 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.
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$ p7 E! _$ Z9 x* |) A* X1 D" bL: 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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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?1 M# y+ [% x' I% k$ K" O) _

" V+ F' E" O  yM: 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.; H: X. R) t  o9 l. v1 B$ m

: Z" C) {! T# p2 r3 |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?
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* h' N9 B1 D3 h* T7 B3 IM: 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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& m5 i$ K$ N+ @6 tL: 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。2 E& l* F5 e( _$ N. }$ U4 g7 G' f6 Z) |' a

" I5 |# A7 }: tM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!
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9 Q3 ~) T. A( z(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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# y( s2 Y( P6 e; b; v! e+ rL: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money., Y  u) g9 E' h. l0 Y
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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?  g# ?) E* m+ i7 ^& v
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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.: l; R. Z( H' X9 k
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L: 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.
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5 @: O7 G% ^, ^6 rL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。7 m$ L3 s/ O: Q2 t6 f4 G8 z

5 N; ^: z9 B5 U% K! F1 v2 S6 f1 [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.
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: w2 B8 P+ S4 R, p/ W& A( J) C8 _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?# o8 _: X! S( F; V. R
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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.  j) M( f5 C4 Z6 g. a, @0 \
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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。8 q- b) {7 b) t2 ^. h. X
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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.
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& y. y& r8 Y) a, S; R' NL: 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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7 y2 o/ V2 c- F$ u& `6 j8 J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。( e% u) k0 R. {0 e* q
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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
: B0 k! |- P9 @8 v; f- [1 F$ i3 B+ {landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

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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
1 K+ [) g2 h' r- t雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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