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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。  M. {0 R2 _# c; X' M9 Q
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L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!/ U, K7 Z; A. A/ _

4 N9 n# V* T( uM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
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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?& u; n; l8 y# P! A  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.
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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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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.. u6 A* o  |- Y, F7 J- J" b+ T
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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?) w  \; ]( ^- ?0 L( A

2 @' [* R$ ]  m3 o% w& c, 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.6 U# e6 @# F! Q9 l( j3 L  b
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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?% X, e& Y- E5 L8 c; W! ^/ }- U
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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.
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0 G7 N4 j0 P6 ]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。
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.9 q5 K% ?* P$ u" t6 c6 Z; _
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!
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6 @: U1 C9 v9 f" g2 V8 XL: 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.# @7 L; i6 q9 p3 i: q4 L4 \
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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?9 u* R8 R: i* _" f% b+ ?
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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.! z3 X, @: X: J# E4 H

+ w9 k1 ?/ R* [8 _0 FL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?* G8 \9 I8 C$ X( O$ v& 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.( I# `0 o$ Q  [4 ^$ k

$ b9 o' c$ M# }  m- G" I( ^2 LL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。
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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.
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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?
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- J- m8 |  f- b2 s  I4 K3 ~; Z0 `M: 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。* A. G" G" W) E; Z( r$ c
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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.0 I- I7 g) U4 p- \2 F
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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!5 a9 j) X) w: K& `( d+ U

; [+ Q# H& U/ T+ D( J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。
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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 you9 @% \  B3 j0 w. u: |2 L
landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

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发表于 2010-4-5 20:28 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
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
7 @' i$ A/ K. k- n雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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