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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。' h+ g: N* q: a2 r. G

$ t( s: T$ X9 h3 y( S/ c+ b/ k, _+ y; g; QL: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?+ B& P: e  F3 p: [$ X
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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?9 B3 t2 O! d3 D# }! z

5 L! ~" w0 ?4 p; {% A& L6 RM: 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?9 V5 {/ f/ q; a: o& f1 Y
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated." c- ^5 {6 Z; {# E- c1 v6 X, z
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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?
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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.5 S# W1 d. l: Y2 b

) H/ M3 b9 M% U7 p3 j" KL: 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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/ w) a" x: {3 j9 M* G/ wM: 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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5 ]9 P  J( w% R9 P% l* P8 I: oL: 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。0 K& ^! L& ]4 p- K# R8 U

' Y: e2 r. B; B& kM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.* i, V8 @, J& J, |  L8 x/ |
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!/ f2 V6 t% k" d( K" S8 y
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(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!; b$ u) T1 \9 {

. \3 a- X) a3 B) \1 Q& PM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.0 }' S) W9 L! i( \/ L6 M$ x6 h
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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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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.. X5 |/ p6 K3 s( {. J$ I7 s
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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.: Y  k3 ^( W. v6 Z) u- j0 j

+ o! w6 x' N( e- OL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。) {! W, b( N, [  F0 E; i2 o9 N( g
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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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# |% l; _+ r: pL: 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 V' @: G; _/ b' a# e
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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.; r3 o# z! ?, I9 e; g' H, m1 \

; G! K7 O& b) C8 i& \3 Y/ [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。
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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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1 ^* S4 \9 E- T  O* b0 U4 g" wL: 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。4 n% R5 F1 T7 o4 E5 K/ X
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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' y( D" v0 h9 w1 N% A8 n% {
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4 K( r; K0 d2 h0 n! Z
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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