; C7 ]5 [4 q9 Z* j, \. rM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? ) {: @& p0 g% M8 }3 Y2 `1 w, j+ A& L. z; v( [8 J
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？ 4 J6 N1 H" [; ? $ p: t! I |7 Q2 p% lM: 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. + x! v1 P s; `9 s . N1 W+ ^0 j' P$ `, 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？! [6 @. I/ ~4 {( r+ x. G
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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？ 3 n8 z) i1 i8 T4 f+ S6 h B4 N9 u G- @1 U4 p6 k
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. # @) b7 b8 Q1 v8 B 8 ]0 r+ ^4 o6 T2 ]9 M5 K. q3 vL: 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？. ?* l" E% r6 F) }* ^5 U
) r+ L7 ?/ F. }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. ) h* p( M1 U+ L1 U% x7 q( H/ J# X! T! \2 n
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。 , N% S: ]# }( V0 e3 u @. i# R9 n, I0 ]5 _/ t
M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. 1 W$ E0 K0 Q) B4 [5 b/ k f* L' i5 T2 w* h) J" H( OL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ " N6 K- Z% a# Q) T4 f, ~: z) l! T' v2 V, ?$ d+ G
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ % w3 {! H9 N4 s9 e5 P 3 W+ Y3 Z' F; M0 iM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. ' s& T* |' H D4 o" s! O" M 1 N' P8 s8 y% |$ w: v6 O/ T+ mL: 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？ J; Y2 Y( f# \) q' l# V9 b& H G
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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. $ D7 p6 }; \0 x. w# j # Y# D% `5 p. w! ~# c. g0 L, WL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ 0 v# v! z. E9 V3 p5 t0 d9 P* }, R5 r \! `, w( @# I" \* f Z0 D8 }
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.9 ~8 u' B z3 ?: }0 u4 _1 w2 |
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L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 L$ ^& k* }0 x$ N3 _5 V
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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 B5 E" b& C+ K' n3 Y
" M2 R& d: e& YL: 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？ 9 Q* ^" h* f+ S: V4 u% X# z 7 c+ a& S, Z7 c$ UM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend. , z6 b, c2 t2 Q8 ~; X e& c- e4 X* e # ~8 `. S [0 ~- j2 x& b9 n fL: 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。/ K0 A" y# {5 ` j
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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. - V; }- ], M9 A) \6 g3 {2 h ' F" G& M& v! {% L( \( ?3 \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！ 2 c* d4 T9 }7 x9 |' [2 ^# {4 r; z( l" Y3 s8 Y1 q
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。 3 \' h6 ^) e, D' _& j* y0 |% TAudio as following:4 ]! W3 } A: `# e' c
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