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。 , F' C( w6 Q- W0 Y 8 N6 c4 U1 C( oL: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ . P$ g1 \6 q( f4 Z8 L" k% O! ~# E4 G4 F5 v" s/ ^( t
M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?) c/ N- E% t4 T" F
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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？" o9 s+ A8 K3 V/ L
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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.* W- o8 G( U; O, B
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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？% T: H/ D. N- q1 M
3 V# C, {/ V8 i% f; S. xM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. i9 h# [! s' H' ?/ }! A / V" k# r1 y" A3 x( YL: 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？7 K2 {- q/ x0 k; d0 q
4 ? S0 g% s: v( c. l, g0 u$ RM: 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. $ R% O1 }7 ~$ o+ x* g T * n4 i/ a* w1 f0 LL: 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？ # H) @; o" ]& h . S* }# s, U* u% lM: 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.$ x" P! l! V% z+ @# x( D( `& z
2 J& z" T5 b4 s' tL: 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。6 U8 W1 u; U* x( Y2 o! n6 a. `2 z
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.8 A: d% f# M/ u4 W
. \0 N9 S. w7 S* u1 UL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ ! ]5 \2 e& l, b& \ ) z3 b9 ~2 B. w(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)$ A' L1 \$ U: p3 X: @
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！: }$ B$ M0 P4 Z
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. ( j* K( r$ ]2 O9 W# \) N# g; G5 i 1 { x* ]2 A4 X t4 }# FL: 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？0 _3 {1 \ N) U9 i; b! P+ [7 H
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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. " ^; y0 K/ X: e Q , u1 h. P( _( tL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ , \9 q; `. g6 r, u3 K 5 V, i b3 L' G; t( |$ r0 b8 s% v bM: 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. - E- g+ Z- H. ?* N5 u7 D9 K4 }# M; C8 |$ e: N
L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 & T5 N3 [+ m2 C2 T- G/ Y4 u; C# p4 H
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. . r3 }/ b7 R/ \8 I2 p2 m : Y( D+ W7 U, _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 n \, H3 R: n4 x/ N
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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.* Y& u. ]* I5 q8 x; h
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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。 - Y S0 p. p: N7 h8 s. E/ I( ]! B4 |5 _, ]% z1 g' K& y
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. 4 v( o% a) Y; [; u4 b 2 ^9 }( g* G$ J" l# } h9 ]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！ " g0 `- z0 a/ z0 f4 }, @) v8 e6 l9 U5 y1 Y0 j2 A. K' C8 f+ w
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。 $ B9 D( c& z) {) n. ?; t( RAudio as following: . A. J7 E) ~) F) \
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