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。 x8 z, z( y2 D/ ]5 o! s. c
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L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ - C7 ~5 o# j9 w/ H6 C) v. Y $ L2 Y2 S* B: ?; T; h7 P* o0 WM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? , A7 O+ f- x; Y# d4 X ' P1 u2 e! [6 S Z" i R/ l0 \; P( `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？ 8 d! E1 R4 A& O/ ~" W6 `. _ 9 X, r8 ?$ x5 h' X" H3 @. QM: 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; V& I4 r! h! h$ Z9 a( T$ @
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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？- T8 g, T% f. v' }2 p$ ]. T& W3 H
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated., p6 a: N0 S; O5 g" N; G
6 u9 v- h ]. R- Z& |, K) ?( UL: 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？ ' v; Y& C# T2 G0 y# I1 X) R0 V3 c- t9 d3 B
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. ! [6 H6 Z L1 s# o+ I5 ~7 J! A% [. v% {+ Z. 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？ 7 p* M3 T) u; p+ e7 Z / r/ |! B5 _7 Y/ x, z+ `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.- n: e9 B- m6 d7 e& S" G( o" L
5 p: F: O4 J6 i4 ~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。- v( q6 {: b0 f! \; k
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.# d3 A" m4 S! ^' n" F
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！0 v2 q/ R2 [, Y" w1 a' D2 g
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)1 P1 _8 J+ b1 S0 N2 V/ Q# n
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！9 k7 v! ?$ d% Z7 k0 t' D7 ~- c) J
5 }" U- f) A4 GM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. 6 E P! p" X# O; v8 Z : K+ O; X% H5 AL: 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？! F& \; C3 G7 u' {" }! {4 R9 p$ I
, F, P& x& c1 T, M4 EM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer. ) N9 r6 j0 Y; D. x & x6 |- d" A, n1 a* v. fL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ , F1 q+ a: \8 w5 U; ^# D0 c : t. Y, n9 c; M. fM: 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.% o" b: d5 ^3 l1 s: W6 N, F3 m
1 j, U6 \% L6 EL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 . ]; {+ T2 j- e ) Y2 H8 B0 |: J2 Z1 K D( B; }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. " T' {7 c& t2 \' Q- R& ~0 K9 o( K, U2 o- B! m) G! O5 U. i
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？ 3 [* H& N7 n- a) S' T( A6 U# M: q2 f, S: ^; k/ ?& I" G7 R4 q
M: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend. / U# ~( p5 }7 ` z% W+ p 9 `# v7 t/ u3 p+ O; m2 x1 M; TL: 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。9 {0 z- x( r; }- c$ K+ U
0 j( e4 K1 [8 zM: 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.5 r8 K5 W4 E3 B4 T, A4 Y
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