7 A) d2 ]' y+ |8 U; i' w# G; BM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? : E5 L& {5 Z x2 i9 Q0 D+ J% _3 I9 _" o
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 b( w& j0 \; A @% B0 y9 p; Z6 z4 y0 W0 `+ _
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. : s2 ?; x9 e# X" t. H ' H ~( P' i" o; o* E: }! h. RL: 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？ 1 g( a1 k9 D/ y0 P- C9 Y+ z. A& N( C9 `* D7 O
M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. ! b" d5 k x# ~* n! b8 |8 s# Q9 y8 A( m ) n w0 P% E- I8 N) Z, }3 vL: 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？3 X0 [* ]$ d& [) _4 U
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' M. P. @' T4 @+ o6 ]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？& J: x4 R0 H& F4 f1 }. B T7 K
0 ?4 b" R7 `+ D& 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.# k0 u. i6 I# F1 H% E% F
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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。! @+ ]& ]. H- W2 N, G4 ]# u- k
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.3 |5 a, f1 w0 f0 f( j) }& m4 o- q5 P+ P
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ 5 U3 f( E- B* }% o* b( n " T" p+ g9 l1 `: k2 Q(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) + q, Z' A2 a7 r+ W8 _: e& b* ^2 D) X8 y3 L% u+ K
L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ / S% Z z% \/ O* e : c5 @1 _9 h# G. |5 dM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.. `' z4 y* P% G$ D( ~
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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？ 6 ]+ f4 u3 X4 M' X$ P% P& [/ D
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. 4 E) F1 }: ~6 d2 q4 S# {$ J+ A6 o - S, [ r% y' R, XL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ * U6 X+ A" A3 P9 T& t9 i ) B4 [- Y* b: a; c" p: M4 ^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.2 e) R! x. U7 I5 D
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L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 : ~ B* B+ v; T- t5 }3 `0 ?# w% [- E! H1 a8 n; x3 C! m" _6 r
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. : z& T m% K- |1 {3 D& |7 H$ Z5 C* Q& B: U. {2 z! X( _( T
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？2 V/ v+ L* N" f7 H# q
" Y& [3 S" P; j" o* AM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.' Q* Q. y& ~3 h" ~" ?1 x
8 O, N/ ^: F$ h2 XM: 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.! t. f8 N( o, ^7 f- t- Z& ?6 t/ I
; `- R7 F6 ^# r- v& K X0 a. 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！- Y) T9 E" q! f% L# m
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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。% r& B6 S" s$ W. A$ b; v
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