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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。' q$ _  E2 i) N# e- [3 O9 M9 `
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L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!, b  S1 ?* f; a3 S5 q
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
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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?, m% ~; M% k' D, L- b: P/ F! ^6 X

4 I% H* }3 _0 d; t6 {. SM: 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.
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* t% }' J) c! `  \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?
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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! G/ }" S" C! b3 g! W* PL: 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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2 ?+ |- q, I6 [7 PM: 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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: e4 w5 L  z  ~# \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.
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3 H( m5 |& i( v$ eL: 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。0 Y$ v& C- |1 u8 H* g6 I
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.! z) K# `9 @) R# K- c7 n5 i
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!2 }0 k4 B7 Z+ D3 \3 O1 v8 I) `5 y
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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!
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.2 d2 O  U, @7 d& q5 f" R  [& @3 ]
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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.
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1 T3 P" w5 g8 Y# E; JL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?- D. X( D0 g+ x& ~

% p, D' y5 K1 [0 y3 y7 tM: 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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L: 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?5 z* Q) J# O" K1 o! L

4 m, m# E7 K7 c7 ZM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.5 H. U. G& q) y2 Z( Q* ^5 p# u
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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。3 H# ^6 U1 i& _+ u

1 a2 f) S9 ]- {) z  v* mM: 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.
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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!
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8 k3 y5 m& C9 Q% y7 Y4 \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
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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: X* q2 `$ ]+ n" j: ^& ~4 N; ^# ]& \
landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

, E* E; i+ r' r1 N$ x2 l2 wYou 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+ L2 |) h7 z+ o" \( p+ ]/ ]4 d& P" o
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

4 X5 J3 C$ J6 `7 z6 k) kThat should be "strip off".
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