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。 $ o' @" ^; ]- ~9 u$ U , q* x" E8 e5 ~L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！/ I$ F- O. k% T+ E- H) S* z
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?' ]* l6 k) |" r9 E L% n- c
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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？$ Z+ n) s) z- b$ g. l5 d
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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. + w% J- {8 [$ B$ G: L& s# F/ J9 n% K' V+ v5 c1 i4 n- b/ [
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？" y1 E2 I8 g: ^: r$ f9 M9 @
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.+ _8 ~& ]5 Z+ g% x
5 w) f" [6 U# Q: x! g/ {! V' \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？ @+ T% Z9 ^% p, O* w % k7 Y9 C0 |+ Z; QM: 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. ) d5 C4 C6 Y7 \; I+ B, K 3 T: U( Y' m/ L9 q( { B. |* sL: 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( b. ?: B2 f 2 O' t1 ~) M" |3 d9 ?+ e, _$ o4 TM: 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.0 U; I @6 H+ L9 G8 {+ o6 j
6 q( e/ q' F) q" UL: 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。 ( ^; A( _0 t- X% ~3 Y% }! w! e# ~' w$ e/ O
M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. Y) G+ D; w2 c" C) C
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ 7 j. ~7 A6 v# E* e% D' h5 l$ p* x- a+ }# C4 b# T7 J
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ 7 F, C$ p& L: R8 O 4 D3 [' T" M) PM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.& G) U4 U' n! b! S' h
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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.* o1 N* g, \: M- p0 L& Z/ v
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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./ z# {4 ^7 F# I, y
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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？" Y8 e$ @/ ` k5 k5 u
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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.# c6 v) B) R1 W' M+ w' X
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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。' a' }4 D+ W! y6 W4 F
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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. - W- A: o, a2 J# l7 G# E 4 J) j% r3 v; v8 EL: 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！4 G p9 C2 ]. X- u
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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。: P9 v+ s! d+ n5 B7 N9 ]
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