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。 + u, V( O% R/ r* I$ [$ h; a2 ^" Q( k0 m2 Q! L5 I
L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！+ i( A+ w3 T! o* a2 T
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? : z! z( O a- d r$ w4 l w. n, X7 w& ?( l) v5 E" n% d3 B
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？3 Y& r& P: H' `- _
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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.3 U0 [# x4 ^' v, h0 L& }
/ q* ] Z# u+ L3 G" _! D m; @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？ / [4 w8 n$ X! k & n' a& Z/ k" YM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. 2 ]' e: x7 X* D% [ `4 _* e c$ J% S9 x; qL: 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？, O n3 L- O! a: ^& s! 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. + i! h0 ~) _+ ]! B' V% n) U$ |" V9 |: K5 }9 Y I- Y
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？ / h$ T7 P4 \0 ?. z0 L) i5 k; w3 u2 y) x 7 a, _$ W! S8 c2 ~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.# ^9 J5 m' k$ [% Y3 ]) H2 }6 j/ l' @
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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。& T6 t+ t( @* u0 h
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. : V6 A& _. y6 n, J$ Y/ B- r; N4 Q. g* b! i( P9 j2 W9 `, w% \
L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！( o" r, a' M1 k- _
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' A2 P! s8 T" lL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ ; |6 j! \# i2 ? 7 B" n8 M& Z" s1 cM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. ' W" V( c3 {# z% e' K: I4 d4 X, {- p: t' I& l
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？ . `) L/ {- J) R2 d+ H3 b5 E & Y- p# C/ f. G) t# @" rM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer.4 v/ }1 E$ q; g/ b7 l/ F
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L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？) ^( E8 ]9 k$ @5 H$ X
+ J! E0 x, z9 ~6 Y1 jM: 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.. E+ ~/ I$ @. z
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L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 7 N3 U7 Z& \) P3 T( d: C* z4 S+ E6 O$ Z. y, Q# t, l+ ^- T: u& d
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. 3 U( p! I5 M( h! x( D" C2 C. i# x' G
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？/ ]; n. }" z8 T! b: Q8 x9 H
, w' Q: `- c+ s( l; [% f: \M: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.$ G' X. \2 E1 ^4 }
- Y% \* F; Y5 r( iM: 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.* q* @/ a2 M1 q; y. H
9 [1 C1 w) k' mL: 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！ $ r$ |- M- ^( q. Q& v + s4 T" m) @0 m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。8 R, x, A1 @3 _
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