流行美语 - Lesson 28 - rip off & straight answer

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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！
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
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2 a4 J& R, @% ?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？

3 T' d3 C" ~' c5 z0 `/ `5 v. j4 MM: 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.

. O5 R6 @7 u5 n  v4 W; ]" |, wL: 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 h- z. ?" X+ K& ~7 Q. B* J8 \M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.

- _  V' E! j8 l$ r& A- Q# Y+ |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？

, `  P5 a; ?3 O7 z% pM: 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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8 M  U: \+ o) W# iL: 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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! z9 j( l2 P' H$ LM: 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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$ b" F7 x/ v: P) E1 HL: 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; ~5 m9 S% |6 O4 p7 lM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.
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/ {" c8 w- H! ?L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！

7 T  W9 x  s, I. u3 b# u& t8 V4 h5 RM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.
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9 B* m! T9 T# a! PL: 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？

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: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？

5 I. J5 F$ y- D0 iM: 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.

/ `" W$ x; d/ j2 VL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。

* `1 V+ U/ D# w% ?9 Y9 y5 BM: 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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0 p: o! u  d9 n/ X' T+ sL: 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？

0 e5 Q" _4 {* f3 _, e% r2 aM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.

6 k6 [, f* r. B) W. o7 ~4 ML: 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。

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.

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！
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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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landmaster

thx for sharing.and my straight answer:thank you

Xbfeng

thx for sharing.and my straight answer:thank you
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. {$ e5 Q7 K7 sYou are welcome!

雲吞

我还以为ripped off是碰上打劫的把衣服都给扒了呢

Xbfeng

我还以为ripped off是碰上打劫的把衣服都给扒了呢
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7 h' H" Z! B7 r; ~That should be "strip off".