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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。! j* M, m8 v0 f7 s

: o6 k3 T6 q6 C2 LL: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?% G6 o3 H8 j5 `6 |: H, H6 ?8 a

* a9 D) t# P5 N* t0 gL: 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?3 K* j+ h! F! `3 Q* o, J$ C: o) P1 y

4 L2 I( m! p% d5 q% CM: 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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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?# u8 s$ k5 j* f8 _

$ e9 @& |" S9 b& Z, xM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.' r0 H( m% d+ s0 U+ D5 b

5 U8 |) P: |! I! r' k$ I1 |& aL: 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.; {9 s) e& T/ p
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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?$ ^7 U9 x. ^3 e0 R  Z5 Z: s! v
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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.$ H1 c. E1 W* z% \- H4 m

  Z5 a0 d" y" N* I: nL: 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。# r1 @, V7 L* T. Z: j3 M

8 I1 m7 D" B( x7 u* K/ y1 T, FM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.1 p) v0 u+ `4 [% m# s! v; O
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!' j, @& J9 `1 v( E

0 u3 \! ]7 _7 w! {4 b(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)+ A& d& |2 H. \# p( H- p2 Y

# A- \) }  Q; D4 v8 K% `L: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!
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% X! \. L3 y2 u& z8 y8 b% O0 O; n" e4 ~M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.$ O. U' C$ o0 |

& B5 Q6 _' y. y( HL: 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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  ]0 L+ _( N/ uM: 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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( d4 S2 `4 \0 i+ `2 j3 G9 f  i. `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.
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6 X9 R, \8 G% Z7 v5 ?% H3 P0 hL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。) I* L9 d: P" _7 X  U9 B; s" o

4 i( C" J+ L% F( G- s; _5 VM: 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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& L9 B0 R& G, ^3 q! xL: 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?6 p- E7 l! B- k2 r
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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.
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. \0 h% e8 G" T6 ML: 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.: w7 J; i# [8 Q! g9 x, M
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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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0 T6 M1 E  R" Y! Y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。/ i  s. l( {, t% S
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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
3 |; L/ e! e( g8 F0 B8 e' nlandmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

" n+ z: h4 V( Q9 B5 fYou are welcome!
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发表于 2010-4-5 20:28 | 显示全部楼层
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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* f* B" u0 \" X: b2 t) i7 c
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

% _" ]- K  D2 Z" _That should be "strip off".
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