4 I) I4 F7 {: f# TM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?1 y4 v5 w3 {- Y% t; R
$ o! m9 R6 p. n4 K2 _& _) s) dL: 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？ ! V% v6 T0 _& `4 Z, v) V- r8 f% i0 _- F, ~5 ~- {1 i
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. G" O9 N- L3 l* y$ ?; v" ~ H* T6 U # b D4 l6 e# U$ VL: 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？3 ?. I% m' x! u% s( ~
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. 7 g& s! t7 M, K0 `6 [ ( T ]$ m" S6 p6 }8 _1 PL: 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？ 5 S) C, t I2 h6 D6 E( d. ^3 L- y6 B6 e6 s; g
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.' y- {: f% |0 e ^- ~' `
" }1 \) h" s7 W: G- ]) \$ gM: 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. % E1 D7 D- y; F2 u$ y5 G" d 6 o( p( \( e8 L9 t+ h+ gL: 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。) n- p N z) e6 R
% `/ f4 ]. ?3 K- b L6 o. vM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. 4 V0 o" e$ T7 i. p) K6 q( R, u& |; Y
L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ $ ]6 B4 n8 H) c. {3 B1 u y6 ?& z5 v/ `4 f2 H- E6 D9 `/ m(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) 7 ~9 s8 `5 b$ B7 @# {! S7 Q! f+ ]8 j, T2 F7 G: t, g% Q/ z/ x
L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！6 H, A" |; B3 w* w! S( g1 z. A2 d1 N
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.+ ]4 T5 o6 O! |
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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？ 0 I$ c0 _3 |& ^$ T/ R; f& _& }: z! m* @- O$ ]- E4 a. f
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. 6 k5 L% w* |" F! s Z3 S9 c" @ / j# G2 ]9 ?7 N; d; BL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ 6 `/ p6 D' r! v# t G) f' P; p- V0 b* t$ y \; H& F# s1 q% p, k
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 a& ^" ^; C& [% x
1 M" D2 N9 ^: A+ X' AL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 / z* j, F! ` b5 T* X% O1 @5 j4 w7 O2 h$ M/ @* S
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. , E$ F9 U" V" j# E( W; R8 t3 ?, W2 o( z) A4 d: t; p' ?: m
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？' x# W. ^* I- o' g1 W( S
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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.& V- ^: l9 `% r9 i: H; S3 q" m
. t5 v0 D4 B L% D& _+ KM: 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.! Z9 H4 s, ^( K2 v% n. p2 o/ q
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L: 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！. g- a0 O t5 S% m7 p- O
4 a( x* K" K/ K" s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。) L+ d; D/ n7 G- X* `
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