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。 0 t% V( d* y% y; c" ]& L9 y" x 1 P7 }3 G+ S1 P R. `* p1 q* {4 lL: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ 0 T/ _4 \! s# _7 v5 O 7 }* X, O; y) J$ f4 V$ c9 xM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?" w0 @0 K* p5 u1 u- `; B
/ R* M+ {% h, _. A6 PL: 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？* \ \& h# b1 Z
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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.2 A1 ^4 p, y' R$ @7 A: T9 r+ _
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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？; ]4 z+ u/ j. g+ t4 n2 Z& M% C6 M
0 {+ ]2 e) Y- h" FM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated., d3 `, g. l f$ G
6 D X+ R. g7 V. m, r+ C) C; y) h' NL: 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？* ?' o/ G3 S/ w( k' z- G8 X; @
* N! _* W1 x* t: c3 K5 |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.. c t1 w9 \* W' e1 e8 F* x
$ D. {% M( m) ?$ SM: 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. % ~* o, o: e% a, f. g7 G# V * O$ O& c, T6 {! {8 w2 cL: 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 k5 r" Z4 k( w5 r4 D$ m9 N1 a. ^& _" u: T, l: H1 t, s
M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. 8 y9 z' D4 W3 A7 f' }% _- S- X8 @3 k& p1 |( D
L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ & {1 B, D. F4 T5 B; [ . f }$ R& V1 w) r(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) 2 G7 T2 l+ Y$ G e. m( e& h9 x $ v) y( A" U8 RL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！- z; }9 N4 `) \" Q
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. - P; x& w- i' F' t" g- u , ^0 @2 }, H4 b. h$ S& KL: 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 a- L' w" g( h I1 p
1 Z6 L7 z4 U4 S% U+ yM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer. 1 Q. b' m( E( U / u1 b9 S8 G) k9 b% o( y9 hL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？# ~4 ]5 \( i+ R2 k
+ I* r# O( A. 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. 3 ~. Q$ B/ _) K0 H) g. T- H0 y; _# b Q
L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。9 d6 h; V4 K0 x g' H. q1 H! O
/ h, n) H! Q2 Y+ }8 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. $ u. |! u9 k8 ], ]$ I / ^8 W0 H e% F" z' M: 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？" H$ ]6 [/ @! `, S# P
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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. 7 z" v# D! Z" g' H% B5 R/ a2 N) \, E4 Q/ c y1 w
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。 8 \4 n* s' ?( H" k T2 e% F3 [5 q$ |( Q7 e" d/ p7 \' x) 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.* U' m: N n P/ ^ \
7 q% S+ e: S' a" S0 v JL: 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！ 2 Y# } n$ v1 l3 G6 H7 O 9 o! @ h# ~2 j( U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。 * Y0 e4 `/ t! d2 e5 HAudio as following:/ @! a$ X* h5 @# m
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