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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。
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L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!
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; R7 B: C* L% X% Q0 j% ?9 S( N& [/ ]M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?" s+ p5 B6 c# R' ]
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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 L7 {9 s: A" i8 U

4 n' H+ J$ z1 L- N7 c9 ~' d! O. 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.4 r9 ^7 D! U; g  j: e

6 v: R8 u- e0 t' P( o* g" wL: 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?
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1 b; p0 e/ n& P5 p4 SM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated./ V& P! ]$ w) @( [  O- h) M

( c/ d1 }; M! Q& LL: 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?1 {" ~0 ?; Y0 i  }
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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.
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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?. [' C' o1 [- T8 D/ h; G2 \% N

7 t; }$ S2 Z1 f/ y9 s7 E  b# 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.& K7 U2 @* [$ n. }" U/ D

  E( A2 c7 V: A, N3 `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。
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.; d, S$ _  T) w3 C6 j/ I3 K

" h# u" A. Z" m, O$ p2 n9 j1 JL: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!$ F2 f2 ?  @$ e( x  `
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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!2 T$ P. q5 ]" q' ?9 d. V: Z
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.
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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.) P7 e+ j6 C) T- q1 w9 D- H+ F

& A& u* O& a$ Q" yL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?
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  N) m7 n3 e: c% t3 |% {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.
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& t7 V5 ]% G! ^0 z# \+ uL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。
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: w# h" C1 q( i4 k5 Q2 EM: 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.. Y) T2 y2 [  r- @0 Z* r  N, Y
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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?
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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.% p, ?: L0 E7 X- n7 k

* [8 n) U8 T# e) g4 O  RL: 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。3 q. _/ K' U" l5 [" ^, L& e! l1 j9 T

) s8 T/ ]# T: ]2 {0 }7 S$ t: @- }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.! V" B  [2 P" h6 Q1 ~& e( [
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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!. i( q. c7 |# F
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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。9 N3 I% F3 O) Z2 ?1 H7 R
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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& t; T5 Z4 E4 j4 i
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
7 Q4 [* w$ C9 P& I& q" N0 D雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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