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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。. k7 ?9 |! ^% |

7 B, ~$ w; y! p8 D: p+ TL: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!6 k$ U+ r0 q. h" A7 S
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?2 ]8 ]5 q! ~  j  h& s/ x; c
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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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, |& P: _6 q7 Y& Q( tM: 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.4 ~9 g4 @  _5 z) c! B* w
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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?. V" H/ |1 \" m  }3 k8 K
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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  D$ E; c9 O& F& S* X+ h8 Y- pL: 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?
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2 y$ f* q# }9 _) N6 n5 d& N% \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.3 K' u! n9 Q7 y  {, d$ Y1 q9 t
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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?  }" d0 |- V9 e/ s
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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.: {: j$ K7 c) z0 R+ c9 `1 W
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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。
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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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! @: q+ J/ j1 a0 S/ X4 V1 aL: 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.
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3 \. ]! F" \1 M& i7 _" h4 \+ l6 PL: 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?7 U( b9 v" ^8 Y- s' U0 ^, |* [% j

( t% }) F+ {0 EM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer.3 |- I5 V" z4 q2 R

& a; p: j% x1 D! l% p4 T' BL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?5 @& o) _% t# i9 C1 I9 v
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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.7 `1 y: i8 U% I' R) E* F
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L: 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.; @$ n( X6 y% N3 C: D  n+ V& r

  c5 n# h! N2 ]: q$ fL: 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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7 D* X7 o0 _7 V8 C+ a9 QM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.' N, ~! S/ a" E- B) q* {0 f/ O% m- y

% c" i5 G1 |: GL: 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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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.6 _! z  O+ v, Z; T5 @/ C
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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!' D, b7 O; H% }9 r- L' f

6 d2 \8 T* i$ Y5 c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
# H; K: x. h9 i" ^9 N* n# S  g7 V" clandmaster 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
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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4 u7 I- S# Z3 @7 _) f) @
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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