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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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6 U# `! X' k7 A6 F# E/ PL: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!
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' k) o  X" r6 _2 HM: 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?
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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.
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8 F' k- f4 ~3 tL: 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?4 j1 k! q! v, L- w$ l, v' D1 [
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.% E6 X' G8 f# s% l
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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?
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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?! |' N; [# s% M) W
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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.
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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。
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- W1 Y8 Y/ }5 x1 S9 L- ?: W+ K. G& P2 B6 cM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.7 `6 ~& [  b, x  z0 ]3 e, i, l3 |

  |" ?* {! B- W3 B- yL: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!9 l- S% p# e& P! e. Y; `

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+ Z3 }. Y9 u; Y3 DL: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!( C+ p) Y1 Z  A; h

/ N) p+ h" M8 V9 o& y# kM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.5 z# X$ c2 k: L0 d- x! `& W; ^

6 E7 h1 q$ f: K, R! s+ S7 qL: 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?' U' \" _1 Z+ p3 a2 h, B, H

  a; h2 I9 I5 I# E; R8 u, MM: 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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L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?
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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.  w+ n( f! v8 O/ y6 N* O: M

1 G5 {8 W* ^( R( J2 x0 tL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。
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/ o" F/ O% f8 `' p: BM: 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.; T( i/ e5 m9 z* ~8 K) F  D  |

2 m, o6 _% S& d- g3 Q7 ?) _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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' x% [3 ^  t  Q4 l* g. q! eM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.
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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。: j0 z9 y+ z* S2 ?1 }5 R
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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.3 E+ ?7 E$ J& Z3 |
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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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( _' \/ K* M6 k+ v- z9 j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。; T" O8 Y, i2 r9 C) J
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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
7 M2 |  f7 P  L9 n' ]  S% Ilandmaster 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
+ q8 M) @! {- o$ s雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

+ \# V% |4 d" Q9 |# mThat should be "strip off".
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