9 e) @9 g8 N( ]L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ 0 M% f% y! E N) t1 x5 {1 P; V ; ]2 H A" f1 v6 z: nM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?' d: r: E% z+ A" m7 K5 ]+ G
2 o& P/ t$ q) {' xL: 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？. n+ c- E: T, a2 l; y( }
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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.9 m, A6 z. A' I9 i& h% o! H
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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？: C) z' }' ?! `8 v7 ^- q: n
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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？ 6 K* [, y% i& \- X. P- F$ y3 n3 H, |, K0 L# N3 [$ o
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. . B4 _0 r+ F, T8 t# R1 ~- C9 u+ c+ O5 G3 Z
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？! K" _# c& M7 Q( H. m/ ~
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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. `/ d- D ]+ a' h
% c% m1 j+ a( X" ~' e/ V5 Z9 [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。7 {+ _" N0 j& d6 p$ Z, l% B S/ p' ]
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！8 L4 l0 W* g, ?) R5 ^" a# n7 s
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% m5 x2 a' F! X, f2 W) oL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！$ i1 s2 I8 ~5 _9 D' P& T
2 r6 C. J* y0 ^, T: S9 L/ dM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.& q9 v1 t) N! G; p3 V/ {. A
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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？ % {' L" J7 i6 x0 l 8 S4 S: j$ ]8 I. E. b9 sM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer. 4 h/ L, g/ o( O ( w, r K" O- \- l3 ~, y$ \L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？) J! [( `* g/ q! `3 |' H
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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. 1 ~/ x6 q# ?0 K; \; [0 @/ W! ]5 P: l! P) L5 n* \
L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 , Y4 b; D T7 O5 S& z' d; ]% s* x+ r$ Z' H
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.. f H+ x, {7 H
+ a( B. {) V1 b4 x# {0 o H/ aL: 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？: N0 |3 M$ o/ [) ^. d C( L
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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.: e; Y( _3 H# q% ?# p- O' J" p
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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。 : ^) i' u1 b# ^+ q2 J$ T5 ] 3 `5 Z2 n7 H% ~% M& k6 [5 lM: 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.* E" q0 j1 x. `
t) t2 s2 D+ S* FL: 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！( [3 g$ c0 A) O' |+ K7 G
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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。$ D5 W2 |& B0 Y$ q! d- b* a
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