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。1 |6 `- L/ H4 G& l
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L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！4 p% ?$ t& h! ?8 V
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8 I. _' D- \- z+ |0 Q1 D* _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 k# ]4 R1 v5 F! ~ k8 g6 j5 `
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.% |* j5 t. [7 z7 F0 B
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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？ 7 i4 M7 D+ ^/ X8 H: e+ |6 @1 I) {1 U" h% @
M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.! b7 E+ v$ r' R7 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？" i) U8 u3 B) I" c$ u
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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. ) W4 U I9 X# _$ u7 A4 Y. R7 a: r4 ?# P0 t1 P
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？1 V2 Z" D, ~& I* ]
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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. 3 {5 J1 X' i7 v# k% K& A5 e6 @8 |. ^5 ]5 f" J/ ] J7 g" P
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。; S9 w' _/ r/ k
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.: @7 }$ v+ } l' @, X% V( r1 t
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ : N8 z& O5 v. [6 y) y$ q; I+ q1 g, }+ ^
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& s6 g$ d7 K; G3 [/ i, m" gL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！* y% z5 W2 C1 Z$ k
- B* p0 ?5 q, N9 t: \7 sM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.: `& |3 |3 u: q$ O! i
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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？ ! T; Z/ B* X d ; L& Z6 A. d# R, U. J: I, N/ j+ V2 d1 xM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer.* {' t# B2 E9 y; ?& t# k) T5 @: ?- x+ T9 N
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L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？) Y- Z2 \) W$ }& 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。 & I! \- P6 c: J, L$ U6 Y- i6 \ ) m# S: s: p. U$ @7 B; v8 e8 RM: 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.) x7 E+ D! w& S4 f
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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？ ' |* u- o4 \) {8 G7 a% u : t- P3 F, R, }9 }0 IM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend. 9 {2 p6 Y0 o& U. l) ]% h3 Y1 e, K 0 d! Y! B1 E/ C" `/ w4 h9 f* ~9 g7 \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。( h/ O$ z* m. u0 C8 E
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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. U! X7 N( W+ u. U+ o) J8 i( h- p; {* e
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！3 E$ p( U! V% }( {) H
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