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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。
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L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!* I0 j2 y/ M% l0 _' @$ }$ ?( S
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?- Y! L6 X5 b- ]) Z+ C0 q

5 F& K; ?# n/ f/ b8 \0 YL: 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?
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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.1 ^& ^, }# N1 E! n# T; x' {
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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?
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3 o- f4 G6 t& e( l4 ]2 q5 G1 GM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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4 k8 j% g5 h) ]& i' nL: 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.
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4 X' U5 i) A' |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?
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* `& D, M" j5 U  p, l% u9 OM: 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.+ M0 e& w5 x# ?; N: h% p. |! B0 r
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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。0 e4 t+ m7 j4 |

4 J$ W- \: e2 f& j/ |M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.
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2 j4 U8 u$ j" c5 S5 IL: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!2 Z3 y1 q- x7 A/ t

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L: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.) {! |: ?1 X+ a3 d1 b8 n4 K% w& X1 a

7 \6 L) C: o% F6 z: y5 N; [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?
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, {5 M. g1 ^: V) d1 qM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer.% b+ `) D, ^7 }0 N; r

1 v. Z- c* F8 y1 R: AL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?
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# e9 ^1 p+ y/ R( x$ zM: 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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) u# j, E$ M( i; h- RL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。6 o" U/ f9 K# x
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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.4 ~0 Z' k* Z3 F0 g

( \( _# ?+ l3 EL: 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?
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, K* ^( o1 ?6 }2 J  wM: 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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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。3 X/ W1 y1 H& x  ~6 b$ n$ X2 v
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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/ C! n- {) V

9 \( C% G8 P3 LL: 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!" J- {. _5 `& c+ @

; ~# ?. a  W+ }( j! h, d) p. l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。  q$ O+ L0 V4 L! R2 [5 y  T
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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
8 q/ \2 {$ o4 P3 m, klandmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

! `( g: D. P' }9 o" cYou 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
; h: J' p9 ^( x  u! [2 U8 {- V, {雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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