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。 6 ]5 r/ ]7 z; z- L, Q1 k* @ 5 ]/ m5 ^7 h, F- oL: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ % X8 ^2 P4 L( q ! k. ^2 ~9 V3 S4 B9 N7 B2 DM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? ) z: a3 H0 T, a& e! v" l& W " D) B% m1 R& m0 ]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？8 N' a' A3 L8 _$ J
/ Z# h1 {3 s: I! v. `. ?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.* s* ^/ M$ F! d
, w: W) U, ?5 D& p) v2 |( y9 N% s, gL: 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？ ; ~6 q" T7 B3 ^, Y. i1 H " P' R, s" D' M" H. U4 |+ fM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.7 Q0 ^! ^" \, e; l
) o8 i7 D C2 L; ?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 j/ D( a. `$ b) Q
+ V) \ h* W) V# {, |, w9 ~6 r# @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.3 _4 J. x) b7 Y3 j7 R" @( }
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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？ ; l2 n: {2 p9 U1 e6 o) z7 B / a* l8 L. _4 |& G; d6 R, LM: 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.8 e$ X- x. N E' L- ^# \& Z
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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。, u' w' d3 H( R; {8 s" j
1 k& @9 E8 y1 cM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.9 B/ Z9 C. O, N% |0 K% w& q7 p- c
8 P& U3 d; m Q- q2 k; D; KL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！; u' p8 m) {+ D$ d( q* U
1 d- u+ }7 @0 F* x" L(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)! J, _* C5 r4 c7 G, D9 S; z4 R2 f, ]0 V
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ ( Z+ \' g6 K; L; {- F+ ?3 I# M4 U2 F3 M" W( m% I" W% I
M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. 3 M7 `0 f1 z1 A: O/ e6 Y 8 ~ P& n/ Y) ]6 bL: 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 I! p/ b1 g: |
) v1 j9 R/ Q* b) vM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer.3 W7 A9 |5 t* r; p
. ?% z* t$ U n" {( D5 I2 h4 [L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？2 w h- ?* P# i+ }$ G$ ?7 f# c& Q% x
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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 E5 C# Q$ M" [, m; D( x ; v8 C, e6 a$ i8 w$ p/ xL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 ' P) k: U/ v) |$ L4 D" G( v8 { $ U3 M0 g- t1 B% N m; zM: 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.# N* C1 ~2 x# I
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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？ 4 x" F6 J0 I( J; Q: V& r6 Q+ r5 n7 K7 E1 G, s
M: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend. ; H* k; {% u! l9 M# X1 k / A& @+ F6 U; i; z2 T- QL: 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。! N6 v% c' t$ {# C/ u/ @' @+ Y1 A
0 |. N, `) J2 v# d# ]$ q# q# mM: 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. 3 t l r1 t- m K 1 w) l! t$ F0 t5 ?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！& t/ P) T# a. e
, _& f5 p0 ? i. B2 }1 c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。/ q, x7 C4 W" f
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