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。 / r. s7 X! Q8 n % A8 ^: L) T# i$ V, B! g @L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ ( {% V! s- P5 r+ H ( [, m# f ]: ^, ]4 iM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? ) c) d; y& O& I' @: F2 n6 y" s( D, c1 m9 q5 c* `
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？- f7 S9 U1 d2 F! i8 ]: ^
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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. 2 f" V+ U$ z, I5 }9 v $ Q1 B/ i/ k1 @/ \# {$ d: yL: 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？1 u* A l1 D+ ~" B
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.1 Y7 W0 [- W3 E- M) ` }, s# V
. c5 y- z! s& L2 w3 x+ k% XL: 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 i- m9 d) m6 D( ~
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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. 2 Q( v$ B4 n+ _; Y* n 9 ^( w9 H- f3 W: c+ k4 z5 GL: 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？ $ t) o' G: p1 ~% z9 `, Z : ^" n. [( {3 b& SM: 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.0 k# |. m% ~4 L' e( X8 a
+ S" }0 n5 y% u( ]0 ^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。 8 M/ T+ l3 D2 S2 Y + G! V: Y+ R7 P9 TM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.# I6 m! }) B6 [" K; ~
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！* P& |8 J% ~" A% u- L2 y
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ : M6 w/ x& j7 R3 e k/ ^7 `* ?( D6 c/ x* B# Z- z6 p+ H& I
M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.. @: P; ^' t5 M& n% \4 d
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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？1 o6 q+ [0 \' |% q) d4 A; R
! ]5 l0 q- a: c( W' |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.! l. Z) O2 F' m, c- E
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L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？8 s9 x# z0 g/ E( M
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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.; m( J( j' ~4 s$ m; g4 I
0 u1 i M6 C1 YL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。$ w( q) Y+ i# p9 p; ~+ W/ H% W
9 v) Y# \+ s( l- L$ u: A1 m# U" nM: 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. 2 T4 K0 z+ V H+ w' V2 [% H! R6 L! D+ R) f( t* f
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？; a+ O6 a4 m% W, h
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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. ( W& U6 |. l3 _4 L& t+ E- y$ B; x! n" f; ?% T: }
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。 % b6 y& n8 E7 q+ G5 r( J" O% H/ m1 J' _: D: w9 X7 l7 `" d
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. ' U" |' O, \0 ?: Y9 u5 A' F' U w/ A) U
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！ # k' e4 ]% H% B% W: }9 G# k I" ]3 x: F/ R! c
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。 {4 m, Y' O/ P ~6 gAudio as following:+ H9 z2 }! @2 T' S4 ]; F! H
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