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。 0 T$ ^% w( f0 Y# w 2 D3 A$ s. X% H+ ^7 S/ d8 ?3 GL: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ 5 k+ a9 Z) `- D# R/ C 2 h6 c) g7 m6 C' w0 jM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?8 t/ }; k/ |! W* x' U4 m
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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？+ C: N3 S: @) l) n6 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.% p5 ~! V5 d( ~0 [
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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？ 5 I$ ?1 @1 F! C) f( u/ x4 e. ]( V! s" W3 q. e" k; b4 n) b
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.# {+ }5 M* c2 u& g# d9 O
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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？+ y; Y, O9 S0 @; ?$ y/ v
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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. 7 c: q: J) c+ B! b! ? * B' x# |) O3 W( y, }1 `- X- iL: 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。% Q- ?8 Y( z/ b; p4 X
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ 1 @( [ d5 V3 z( T: @' U9 l- N: _0 ~/ ?" A: T. @: o# y# x7 G" j
(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) 3 h. q- v4 @7 i9 b 1 n: w( T# {6 \, A2 HL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ " z& f; E3 K1 e3 a& S: r/ H7 d& g0 k2 E% A4 I3 \
M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. 7 n! ` {" ]- W5 ?3 r6 o, }( ^! I ; N4 G1 _/ x M: {$ A, x% {* e# R0 ZL: 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？+ p: J) g: _: _
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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.& {5 O! F3 b. U1 Z1 l* d* U
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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 j, v2 M2 w: A: Y& v4 J$ Z6 ] 8 u: L8 J1 }8 z/ oL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 4 F6 [- X& w7 N6 h! C$ x 6 R9 t1 S! P+ _7 E4 ?/ t6 N0 GM: 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. * x. g$ C; ]1 H+ W) W1 r # _* R3 E8 d7 \5 H7 mL: 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？$ J- o i; F3 b" L6 D
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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. 6 F! v" L! E4 @5 f5 p / f3 Z6 \ h- A; r3 U8 ~& IL: 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: C) k/ a6 l! Y- {; L. c* t: W
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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！ $ K: w, o& {6 ?+ {" N1 S, i' K3 x i; e
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。; O, s. i" B6 _1 h/ n% s' X
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