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。 / \2 O" M4 F; z6 R5 I) E8 [ q; U+ @1 D
L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ 3 z+ c; P. Z- D {4 v" H: ^ 7 e$ O7 w, M7 R* J7 l8 K; [M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?) j! G3 v! l+ ^# F+ b2 k
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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？7 A/ b; _) U4 G4 v' E( T; M
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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.; q' D: g5 i+ }! @
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.7 z" ~0 m* Q2 U, G W* ]: s
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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？ 8 M" ^4 \) B% z$ _ : Y0 ^3 t* c; D. c8 }9 e! Y. RM: 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 e" ]. ^# j& B
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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？ ( ~) _. S; |" h# {1 a, ]5 m! D , R. |7 B1 l% t3 z0 ?' B9 q6 xM: 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.# q1 s* ? i! t( S! t& {9 L
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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。 ' E% [' H) R* ?' x6 B' w* Q- F K; G
M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off." I) y( p2 q( ~) \! T( q
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！+ r. J! i/ s( H
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) 8 h# \4 q* D7 L' a5 j q& N* ^ m3 J. B0 v% P
L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ : |! s' e7 Z# A B" b( V5 u7 J 8 K- M8 F( D% [3 m1 S/ Q7 sM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.+ T+ b% |% F# S( R% o w7 G
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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？- p+ I/ [1 O E' ~* U' T
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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.# I( j$ `% s7 m! F) p6 }/ |
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L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？$ y. W1 m9 A# |3 i9 m
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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./ r6 Z6 ~) a7 e4 j4 s
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L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。) `: z( W7 K9 K# h
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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.* y8 b, p. {' N o7 ^9 r
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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？ 7 u: F3 g3 r$ N: k4 v& t5 O: a% z8 N7 n) Z* j
M: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.6 B q9 U2 v- u
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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。 r5 D; b/ F" B% S+ j9 T q2 H# B3 a# u0 D) Z% 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.; V! o! ?* P) S! n" }. u
# E: z# a' }- u0 Q( gL: 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！ 1 `6 [. N* O8 S6 _9 J9 u1 j* ^( K& @' f& A" G6 F1 G
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。 g1 ^- D9 l/ C3 |2 v2 F. w& K1 g
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