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。$ W: ~& S9 C* ^) q% x! `
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L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ 6 K: I8 g t6 i% f$ D: D 4 Z+ s& ]6 k9 c: E# A3 l6 p Q( hM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? / q0 l3 S, B' [# c+ ~ |+ ?$ Q9 D; U3 `% k/ ?4 R; ~( b- W q
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？1 ~) ?0 o% O. }4 i h& B7 p
+ [! c( ]9 V# ?8 wM: 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. 4 A& n$ i# ^* x2 u" b# \0 M( Q5 _6 o: W" f% r, x' ]: q# V
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？: E+ I. O* \5 w
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated." z; P5 R; j) H" l4 ~9 q1 I
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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？" d" G; x6 ` v- t! ]+ `- ~
0 ]) n- l# K( I5 L3 j: \* cM: 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 ~! j( }7 P, N) e4 D6 g" ~. {5 A9 d: r
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？6 J' D0 x7 D8 Y/ C8 z/ D
$ _' n/ }* T |7 l, }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./ X0 O' f$ P! t" |2 O8 P$ T
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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。 % K7 r: }0 s4 l" B- ]8 K$ w6 [: a5 [2 C6 x5 }: l' _4 U# t
M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.1 q) R! t2 V4 |8 P
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！$ F* h, ]9 M' P2 G
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. Z9 n- Y: u# e: w: O/ O; E : }1 T5 O+ b4 m$ tL: 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？ 0 \& B ]6 \3 G & d0 A! Z1 Y2 k' ^; JM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer. # v5 d5 V, [8 A' s- r 0 v5 ]' H1 G9 x! @: Q: @L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ 9 X/ K+ c2 a0 Q( E7 @: {4 |( u$ r. z: o: }0 d* K7 K# G3 ~! W
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. / \' S! C) L- `7 L- Y* X/ [ ; g; z# C5 V1 L2 bL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。/ K! u1 X* S4 F5 ^
V! l! i8 o0 eM: 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. - G( ^5 f$ i: b! i# ]8 L$ c8 [4 O/ T+ y( a
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？- U2 N# Q7 x% ~+ s' |+ q
4 s5 U6 C# J6 T |" X5 h7 LM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend. . ?5 E- X' R" v. D( d% n 7 P( B( }3 K% b* Y, K1 s% QL: 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 I2 q* p% Y* @# n7 m% |1 l( `3 P- t4 s/ Q% _$ W4 b
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. ; \, F# `% J# t7 _9 \* C2 y7 u " d! q. j1 {5 oL: 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！ 6 [* f$ Q+ x7 Z9 o$ T; k5 o! u( _4 Y5 b' Z& ]$ f, @! B- }
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。 , [' B, U5 ?. p; M2 ?Audio as following: [" ]/ d9 K, P- F- E5 v
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