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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。4 j( S1 H+ {7 D! x) F( M
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L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!
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% I7 ?4 L' L0 {9 l5 PM: 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?
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6 ?, T5 B& g/ _( K  K( T# cM: 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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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?& y; x# E4 K2 R4 b5 k

, _: V& P6 j- F6 `  CM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.' U/ Q; S% n  L  @: k% E0 y% O

$ O5 P* ^3 A4 F  G3 z2 Y* RL: 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?% N7 k7 \" k, }& q( j# `( w
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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./ K0 {" b" G, q2 X- q% V" L
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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?1 g- K' ]! G# G) d- }0 L/ k9 W

( o/ l5 ~, p2 I9 SM: 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。+ x4 g& G! k1 g! D7 z
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.7 n3 c- p. q2 ?5 |( i
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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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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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$ j' Q: [5 g3 w- ]L: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!
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4 v9 }6 n* {( T1 Y2 X4 ^M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.' m7 f, N- n% x9 Q
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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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4 f* m# @  E! c6 HM: 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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) C' L0 _$ m9 w3 n) Z/ VL: 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.1 X0 t3 X% W5 g) s

( `: R' M, M, d8 ~0 X7 g  yL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。
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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.* `0 |  Q! Y5 W/ [' G
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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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4 q2 q1 ?' x9 x' v$ `4 C+ S; J) Y% yM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.: w  O: v5 L+ p3 Z- U; o* ?3 c
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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。: X3 K3 ~# S1 {$ ?

& J- i7 |( M1 t4 jM: 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。! }* N) c" ?7 W" ]
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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 you9 C2 @- D: |: X( Z1 c, y
landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17
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You 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+ P7 l' _+ s: b. M
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

( _; q+ y- o7 l( x. Q% PThat should be "strip off".
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