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. [& ~5 G8 }3 D/ t$ A
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L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ 8 C( V- i5 o* C& E+ s( C1 X# T# U6 G9 ^
M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? 4 P: Y) x5 y$ U* R2 N/ J4 w- D* E V6 D/ @" a$ q8 P6 v5 `
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？ . r% }2 T8 a* @- P( H& y6 _; ~6 F$ D
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.% Z6 N6 m1 c- F9 z
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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？ 8 ?" J( ~- z9 M' ]% K Q4 D! z5 `2 V4 S1 j8 [
M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.$ p5 c- r6 N: r: w
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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？9 `9 v) \ X) H1 ]: Z5 U% E; a
& z9 }5 r! U! v: p9 i$ pM: 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. 7 @) \- A4 i" p' ~ / H) P9 o( z. jL: 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？ B J6 }$ z3 j6 q- M: |' j
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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. }+ ~, v' s9 s( n# d; d: A+ c) p+ a8 o
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。 ; g$ L/ u% @4 _2 A$ Y# l : h9 b% I* S+ y# _% n9 jM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off., e# j8 T# T2 S2 Q0 h5 a
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！. W& o: A0 H- N) @# w; G" L
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- x9 S- M' A( e5 ?L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！0 i, S- Q8 n- C* i9 _$ J( K
) [+ ~7 A3 [) o; ^0 QM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.- N0 V' m. N% v5 u' m7 s
# D8 u" p( M9 NL: 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？ 7 u4 h, X9 N) x7 J1 g6 a! H2 P: X0 A& |6 ^2 e) e1 u& t
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. ( H7 F5 A m, f* h+ i 0 F$ y" u$ n* H, x# a; XL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？* _% L3 T; D% C
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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.- V) r3 J6 c0 e3 @
- U1 v4 o0 n" OM: 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.7 e# ^1 Y# d6 I2 Z$ t4 n8 A
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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？! w5 H* ], u/ x1 P+ O" A1 g
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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. + j0 ]8 y; B n9 a9 C- n y a7 a9 X$ Q% Y0 m
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。 - s; h! V4 Q3 V2 ^6 a. V# z, Z7 q* Z0 q* a0 U4 C% t8 l" j- @
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. ' E P8 \" e5 q, T( r 3 O3 s n' M/ f5 \7 B" c, P! UL: 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！6 W, T+ }* S) {9 C" W
/ y" a- M0 D& z7 X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。 & _! i* V; f' IAudio as following:2 m- b) s0 U, F0 n4 G
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