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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。, F  @% o- b  m3 g& t- o

/ T. C$ |8 Z6 @2 RL: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?1 \4 J. _5 {) x9 L7 I' s( v( Q

0 `- _& F* h; n  J" w! R& f0 N& G4 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?; l! O7 P: B; t+ L) f! E8 V
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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." g. O8 p0 w- @
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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?/ }$ o5 \, a; A! e8 U% j: e
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.6 b+ G, G7 f+ y& ~7 f

3 w* u' d; R! e6 ?, B  L' XL: 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?
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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.- V% {* p% y! o) N

+ C: C/ F  D  A: L; l% S3 X' HL: 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?
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. j, b* r4 B' w! ?/ aM: 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 e& b& O$ c4 [  L( {* F

4 J$ m4 C: H7 J* c% c: H2 x6 ?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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# i6 w' g* K( k- q: I, }4 eM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!- {2 L3 F: q! j! G0 V' b
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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!. {' r1 Z- t3 D5 ^
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.8 b% t5 ~  J% Q' T
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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?! o7 o7 c) G/ h$ S

7 h% u! ]* G2 j3 J% t+ [* s8 X# DM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer.) K& t4 o- M# S/ ^- I

- u9 \5 x' |7 n  k" ]; _L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?6 ^+ O3 U3 K0 B, ?
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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.- A* X. F% V. I, d

3 y3 O# m: R+ A5 t: f  B0 ?% E% [1 LL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。
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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.
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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.9 x' F& A! ]- t

* Z$ \7 h8 ^1 @$ [" AL: 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。
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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.7 z  {. s2 m$ }

, F3 j( K3 @1 u- D+ Q% ~* bL: 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!$ O2 B  o$ N3 @; T3 O
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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。
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鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2010-4-3 21:17 | 显示全部楼层
thx for sharing.and my straight answer:thank you
鲜花(77) 鸡蛋(0)
 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
  F1 K8 `  c* B5 o5 h& |landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17
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You are welcome!
鲜花(163) 鸡蛋(1)
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
( R2 I* X5 n; i! {# _: d雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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