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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!" i0 [( K6 S0 T) ~. j* B6 J
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?/ V. ?! }: L. T1 q' V: W2 j( P5 k- d- O

' \8 a( ]9 N& c% `# [  ~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?: C) t/ u5 y( K& d3 i9 i& v4 ^7 {
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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./ P. d& d( f7 P* ?- v& `  h
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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.: O9 B* g' ^3 U8 W6 ?6 y8 L* A, h$ r

9 F0 @/ [: g, z1 `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?6 H/ X4 {' z8 g% y/ u
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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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6 }7 r, s7 P8 GL: 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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" N2 e& V: n  JM: 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.& L+ x9 L- C6 U$ k

( A. b) i8 s( u- c/ J# PL: 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。  ^/ A+ `2 y6 P+ w+ s; L

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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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7 n' x" Y: Q& m( I7 y! R5 ^% k(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!
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.7 m9 u$ }: `& Y

) w8 H5 @. E% w* _/ N  z7 UL: 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?6 B4 l9 Q% ~# S0 _
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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.  N& M- K$ J  I% v5 ^

* n+ \$ i$ {( C6 ?/ XL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?: |  I" M0 F3 G

, v/ g) w+ Y. q( G* _) X7 K5 yM: 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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L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。( ~4 [3 q; {9 T1 o7 t) T
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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.
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! k* G# D2 D! J* K/ EL: 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?3 O1 M" z, E7 \- n3 n! L
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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.2 _9 }3 t* t# b" r

# I0 v, ?" E. U9 ~: E  FL: 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。
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2 m. K; B& L* ]: `' 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.
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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!0 H) E4 h) X1 m8 r8 C

1 H* R; W* D5 {. U* Q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 you2 p0 z. l' i: H9 l* X
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 T! g/ L$ |) Q0 \雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

6 _8 [, o7 l' {8 g, @That should be "strip off".
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