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。+ l% K7 C0 u0 ~: a% x1 D
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L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ % u, G: X% L: d9 z* C 6 L; c! |* e) C2 x MM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? 6 D4 G( ~ m+ K: j# C8 P9 n4 _0 y / W5 _6 n+ R# k9 X Q, YL: 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？! d( i( \6 R% P$ T
8 K0 Q( y2 E. H, h+ ]! {1 wM: 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. $ [ |$ c0 o# i 2 ^& k+ x# n y0 J) i0 V$ eL: 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？* J: A% L z4 m, ~8 I2 y( v
, l1 R# H' @9 D, v( {4 l: sM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.7 x: O; o' A! p+ `+ k
- Z! l4 K8 g F6 v! F: hL: 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？0 n4 K2 r1 @/ [) L
0 \# d4 J8 ?3 o4 {# V6 l8 bM: 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./ G* \% R. f2 H- r6 X: b" z3 q
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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？ ; L8 B) m+ a1 s9 F1 ]" W5 n3 a0 Q& N& k1 P1 q9 c
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., T Q' w/ T3 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。* u; Z( A, i( o; o5 N H
# ?2 Z/ y: w! G- i0 S+ f5 ~M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. 9 ~0 _: {/ ~& R6 |8 U! P3 }7 F2 ]. s 0 k! S( J( K3 b/ Y! P+ r2 ?0 rL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！8 F* w+ i" H# {" X4 h2 Y5 g
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6 l; C& z. L, u, r$ B5 uL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！5 L7 s2 |5 i% o# {, ^
; V; S8 c5 S& O: sM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.& N5 l6 \. h% E* Y4 G/ y
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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？' n1 {, O9 v0 P0 j% l2 q0 Q& I- L$ o
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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. ) l3 {$ C" U' I- W2 T6 Q1 Q8 s9 S* e, m9 w) J
L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ $ f) r9 ?1 z% M# U/ @ - y1 o1 z- \6 c& A2 X$ {8 o4 k0 oM: 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.; X P& C- o( ?# q- b2 O
/ B8 b: ]$ o7 Y! U2 X9 v4 b5 lL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。/ {% W( X$ k8 D3 B. Y8 Z! q
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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.9 t, i" i- F4 Y" Z6 r
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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？ 6 C2 l, q' ] J1 G6 J, H' u- }' e1 w; q
M: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.$ @% y( \9 j' B
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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。$ H& q6 ~2 G1 o: H. ~
9 g( {3 F! z$ q8 m) q( |. eM: 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. . x5 k0 L! M+ m4 ^# m1 |, C$ K; \$ Y7 S3 O8 ]6 e# k" D. I8 u+ f' t
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！ 0 X3 U( A: c- }9 e' p i! S* P* `' M( `% N, T" w% U
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。: |" R* G6 x) w- k
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