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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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  O% q0 e8 V4 }1 p+ n! yL: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
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9 ?1 D6 b! d5 B# o' B. aL: 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?# U7 B9 @) O% c, q0 k

/ Y* U8 B; ?6 y) B, K5 NM: 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 ~( M6 }* u$ y
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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?- a. N9 O" C* A7 o7 L
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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! E, M: l4 r9 D* rL: 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?6 ~. b! `1 D3 q( {" U
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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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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?  P+ c- r0 j% [- d) n/ h$ A( s& f0 _

& @% {: y5 y& z' EM: 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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  }% C1 j' Q; C0 B+ F# Z  ~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 e5 X$ Y: ^( u5 a3 x. q

+ S6 ^5 \$ g- _3 xM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!* C" K) w/ y$ T5 z" O

# h2 m, F/ o% U* B(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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+ i( O2 G+ n! k. `, ML: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!1 S- q& A6 x5 D+ A7 a" h
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.( j& n/ X) G# ]2 n. O) B: I
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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?
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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.
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) s; x- M) W  ]6 yL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?% X  E$ W* R4 B& H' B

6 C$ Q7 g: L* H, VM: 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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4 ]' j5 ^4 R) U9 p) ZL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。5 v1 Q5 x; {: h0 q6 \
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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.* s# b5 i0 r' a. O# ~$ `

& w6 d; t2 f9 `  P: @/ XL: 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?) V. B) b5 L8 j1 z, y/ \

2 B- ~8 K$ @, ^. ]M: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.5 g) X! o  }$ E3 F% C
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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. ~  ], Q4 d6 j
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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.5 i9 p8 M) R4 n- y7 n

- E2 X: S; ?& K% h5 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!
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% C2 R3 d* _) f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。' z7 ?7 d3 B. R0 Y# G- _
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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
/ Q4 X7 T0 B0 r# n2 i3 V4 Jlandmaster 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
' p4 Z. l, M0 |6 c雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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