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。 ; b$ V% {7 P6 o% U1 c) d+ q* L! L& L# _
L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ # V4 y, b0 F2 ^% W% Q- J1 _5 Q 8 C# Q) a$ ]5 R1 ?M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? , Y# Z2 d& q0 V6 o. Z' _& ?* o( C% P" e
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？3 c6 I9 h, ~# \8 B7 I
7 L1 J# n' s( h$ kM: 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 j: w9 y% V' C; J" B& _+ _! X0 s5 e* z" l, W6 Y8 i+ l( D$ {
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？! q- x! \# h% V% B p+ `
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.& c: |5 X$ u4 X. `$ E
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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？2 Z* o1 b! ?9 l( h8 S. t
' }; r" b$ t+ p- k4 o7 |6 fM: 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.2 b% k6 S2 O4 u! K
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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？ . I( a7 L3 E4 h+ L* \2 } % e" }( |6 s0 N2 u0 kM: 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.! [& W& d' b: s
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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。 # q! z$ U$ R9 f% G5 \! a2 Q6 G; n1 j% c$ v+ U+ q, P
M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.; j0 n" c/ o8 S
/ m# U4 U/ _2 B" ZL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ 8 ^7 z$ I7 u T 1 y. {3 F& F0 n$ z# H6 A' X(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) # w3 L" x9 \: d % Z# e" ~0 _' r. K8 p! D$ U; D Q) YL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ ( C/ o* {: `, ~ U" J, P8 ~& D0 U! U' [; I( k
M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. & X( j; I! o) `) V, n8 X9 s ! @+ j1 v! M( u8 l+ CL: 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？1 H) h0 y! d5 ?1 l( c; F1 c% c! ^) V
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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.) m1 O% d, Z- G) K& J
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L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？) j1 J. @* y7 F O$ G
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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. 0 O" x6 a) J" O! Q: g( J, t* i+ y! c! a/ \- X9 H, ]* ?. O, E
L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 " a4 x. p1 x9 }, Z4 h% |# [/ y" w. \
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.9 a, R9 M3 W: }6 Q
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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？5 ~; ?+ F" q' c( 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. 0 r4 ~$ Z) x( g$ g3 O# ]. j7 T 0 ~2 }& W' y5 R" ?7 H/ f' c& lL: 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。 . w1 I/ l2 ?) a3 r( @5 m9 u: a 5 G- Q7 D6 [' r2 K7 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.' `! y) m, A; n7 x2 h* I0 U% D
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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！) x3 C9 e$ \3 G
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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。/ }! T6 J. s2 @0 P0 V% j4 v( N
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