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。, G, L7 K+ S. `& ^/ \9 F+ y' E- @
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L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ # w) T: _! @2 P* \( {6 Z0 U- [+ F. {6 F) H- h2 {/ L/ \4 u
M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? s. j) t' R& c+ q) h% h2 M- F% k ) [; P% l B. fL: 今天我真高兴，你看，买了那么多衣服才花了我七十五美元。那 店要关门了，东西全都半价。Michael, 你买了什么？ ! \) j7 R7 ?" a' d t7 C# _# ^' j / B6 b4 R& Q6 uM: 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. . y- m+ Y6 }# i% @" @' ]: [/ n * Q( d9 R( s9 g4 \ l3 ]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？- E! `4 {# `0 X! c9 D5 X
( a8 }+ j$ e8 {& {M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated." r1 ^1 U) [( F& H3 j
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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？ h4 M% o, H5 z) n! A/ {. w( g
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 Q3 R+ P0 O8 U5 V6 l1 I 8 k2 l1 q8 Y( o4 C m& W8 NL: 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？: F6 g) H/ a4 z0 x% D4 ~) A: F
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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./ r$ A9 C. A! q0 l8 {0 e, I
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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。 # I7 y' i' T( Y6 p; t- m7 B2 A " e8 ^ D ?6 m) XM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.* a8 m) U# \6 p u/ v, X
, W4 x# i: b$ LL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！8 a5 _$ N/ D8 \1 E w/ s- y
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！% O B6 l: V: P7 T
+ ]7 ]- A7 l: K9 G( PM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money., T$ E1 ]) X3 H. g1 y/ D; K2 C+ I
- Q4 x: w4 g" W* L# kM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer. ; B' l4 E1 U1 w' h: z7 }, R0 }3 D " v% u2 m" z- v' h' }L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？+ G1 H Q4 ?' c8 G8 R
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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. ' E a$ y; k9 j+ N- \+ t) J. `2 z, [& m5 F
L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 , _) R- H, P3 v! j- o9 Y0 @7 h* L# t6 h
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. , Y5 ~. Z! O! H2 [1 s, w 2 `' n3 [* R6 F1 A+ l' r3 U9 VL: 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？ 4 j& Z. M; H1 U8 z & b. ` i" b- Y0 L! [1 B" K$ {M: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.0 ?# d' g( _2 [& a
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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。 " S% p5 B; V3 F" j5 ~. Y4 ~2 @# e% {6 m. Y1 z7 I5 j1 m
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.( z. p B6 [* a3 j: B
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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！ + C: {5 T5 }: Z9 J1 J; W ) _' w4 l- \. ]. M5 u6 o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。 3 C: `6 W; c$ q( {- z, ?! n2 uAudio as following: 4 n3 [! Y" I x7 w
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