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。- Y, N t4 J/ O, T/ \
4 A% `; b, Y' gL: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！9 b: j3 r( D0 F. f# O8 x! f
& r" b K( \( w9 R6 p+ P! y% fM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?1 @! E+ q2 Z1 D* C
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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？' _6 T- d( u$ w
7 t( d; d1 D+ Y0 J3 _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.- j& _: J" e4 k+ _* Y* D
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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？' y: F2 S& y* X. W" w" x! T
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.1 G6 R) {0 F8 X
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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？ * \% b! L. }4 q' Q ( E& _8 x- H! }9 zM: 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. # s+ c, S( x9 s# Z. G8 { v0 B- o+ J" C* T9 }2 B
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？' b8 R3 L: |7 m+ b, _% L: N& x- p
3 [6 I1 c9 ?" n3 z) q$ U/ PM: 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.! @2 _) k1 c7 Q1 u0 a
5 ]) @ Y& v k/ uL: 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。% g, R) ]6 O0 ?/ n% e, j! I3 c
4 z) J! u: g. d @6 UM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. % O8 \/ k d+ m9 ]. O$ u 7 T9 D3 _, t( y- ~$ w* o7 @L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！+ z% v$ [) {* b
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ # Q$ U1 u; i. z ( \% l: \. h6 V+ h. N, IM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. 1 Z, Q" {! }" Y6 q) X A+ A3 s$ ^9 Q, M& b7 |
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？ ) H2 r, f* f: Y0 {4 o# M' g7 Y$ W& k1 H) J F
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. ! {% A; g* y* J$ x/ m( O& {9 H- |" Q4 V4 q
L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？" ? a; T4 G: ?
( d/ m8 ]& d- B" h$ P- HM: 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 Z, M/ z. ^/ y) C + n8 O& b8 {" U: M4 dL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。+ [. o$ U! ~+ k, A* K8 ^
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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.0 K# `" l2 n/ x7 P* U$ y
" U% z, ]3 |" `6 m( HL: 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？ ' Q4 V; F, f5 `& j* c1 ?9 h" v# C( J& G 7 [ H" i5 i* @( x: U, y; {M: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend. / u3 H2 l* `5 H! ~ }# ^ e! `& ~ . C: q! ]' B0 pL: 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。 - f) P* _! i) F8 s( Z& J/ @5 U ; g' B) Z+ `6 E! y 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. 8 Q) b) {( P+ c# _7 X- G, F% Y" j0 o, |4 P- G
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！ , ~( W3 d v& E5 B! G- H: N* ]5 J# o' N6 a) y8 Z
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。' e% T k2 b. H( U G0 J# e
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