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。 5 a9 X; P0 i- P, i5 a _5 K7 m9 i. }' N8 t7 ?# g
L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ ]0 t. ~( M# F. G' Y9 ~4 F. G3 r1 l: G# e3 c! H; u5 ]
M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?2 B7 l8 N- c4 r& N
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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？ - O% r- B2 o) F( e/ K0 W0 Q1 \ a* e! F$ {
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. 3 O$ \% @( o4 o4 a& L . q: y$ s! ?2 W O4 ZL: 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？ $ Q6 q) {- ^1 B" Y # p8 w) E* n6 T! x" }M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. & }4 U) c& n$ |+ G6 t0 E/ h( i " H- S# a4 P* w' W) ~! V; T" BL: 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？! U ^) z P N% ^+ r) D! a
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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. . E5 o& `" y: u, K. O6 O5 W6 s* h1 J: N# w9 |; ]: ]. x* C* [
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？; g' }0 @; Y& w( h% I/ \0 [ K' B
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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. / `' r* y0 e& E. i 4 w. o- s" c6 a# X6 o# D+ h1 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。3 A. B% p6 ?# k# f! e. e# @& _
" x; o* z; y- z0 PM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.( z: k5 N9 q) u' v* U
7 ~" h& v+ k5 i# e5 N) `# NL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！# D! m. p- u9 F
( ^$ k) s0 ~) T) Q(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) 9 `6 B1 d; y. e3 P0 @* b$ W- N2 a& G- }) z. `4 X
L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ , X' h" K9 R6 t : W. Z. |% G Z0 _4 uM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. 5 e5 ]& c( A3 ]! w , a* Y2 O$ T) iL: 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？ / i: n k* i8 m. D2 S2 Y7 a% O0 E% l% U' {, r, G# H: P
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.! V5 \/ g4 C: I4 ]0 U0 M4 s
; q0 y+ ^6 j9 r' KL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？( p1 F9 L; K4 B. p! i- X! s" f
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L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 : O( }3 K+ m F/ a3 e' `+ f! { & }5 L% X& ^1 m8 ^4 _+ NM: 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.$ Y, D8 m/ U- e6 s* Q+ u2 H
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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？8 Z6 U# `! o8 Q5 |8 N4 L$ q. \
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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. $ X" e# O3 k, L, G- M, n$ B0 ~ D; S. I p; i" \- o
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。 / Q3 H! p% q; O$ D2 B$ b, [% _3 t! S9 X
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.; Q6 w! K9 J2 I0 V' K
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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！& D5 a4 O3 r8 _
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