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。 7 k7 A6 S" |/ G3 _) H8 n: N. x" L" d# A5 I+ b2 v; V9 ^: |
L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ " l: p0 g/ t) w- |5 z- j5 ^ # r6 ~/ X+ O8 xM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? 2 a+ L& G, Q: T: e/ z' D/ s% r/ n0 o1 ~" a' {
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？ % c/ J* C7 M" |: f% { 7 _* M) x Z: T6 S/ U, cM: 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.- @$ {: c" b G" p7 W5 |" R9 A
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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 X3 B! o a/ g" ~$ O* |6 z7 D: \& G
M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. $ A" Q j5 y3 x @. U, T! B) t/ n& j2 D1 ], d% o# B( Y- a- }/ w
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？ / q) ~, f, W9 F6 Q; D # Z- n/ H( G) O* n- Z1 J' lM: 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.; w9 J) @3 b7 L: `
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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？ ( x& v% E" w( H; ^0 l 5 i8 M/ i& a* e# k* U6 [M: 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.: B I0 h& C* u7 D. ?
( T4 m) K# a @# dL: 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 Z" T! o: ?) b9 ?
. U- e+ u! T% SM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. , p/ O! q4 B& J9 D - i3 o- Y6 O6 e/ q% B- a1 J3 AL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！3 P1 P0 T8 x1 Z0 Y# l
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ - r) Q0 B2 V9 @$ D' o" j5 }8 \0 x4 I0 i% K
M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. + t9 A4 R7 E" e ]: B; N1 G - X) s6 }% I L4 h' G5 ] [4 qL: 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？3 i9 s( G0 U4 V, y4 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. + n0 }" H. N& D7 F1 |2 n % u/ x+ O; |! K& u, n- qL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ 1 J0 |6 q+ g& U1 L $ z9 R6 A% v" K) i4 m% w' a) sM: 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.- R2 b) T# Q) @5 p$ Z) l
' s$ [0 u. m/ R0 Z: t/ y' S! cM: 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.; ^ R5 \2 M$ x/ ~" g1 m
0 W4 X" \, u7 f% |$ i7 ?1 q+ IL: 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？1 ?$ w. D- o+ N0 m3 t: O# q' k
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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 F' s. t$ g9 ^1 F0 r' q1 O" _ , C+ i) _) O/ A, w4 ~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。/ b3 D) N6 n' f. Q
! e7 G# h5 ?7 X- sM: 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" n+ f N
: t7 W% x- w. i ~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！& G8 E( U8 n! p6 b! T
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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。4 S. S, j6 E" K$ x& w! V1 |
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