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。 2 X8 T! K& X+ D h1 O" C* U0 l1 R- Y$ K4 ?L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！* B0 ]; P/ G( V0 ]- Q* t* v6 J. V
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? 9 @7 s0 |1 f, Y 2 }0 r7 R l, D* P1 k b; z/ ZL: 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 l1 I% k" Y0 D( L ; `( h% {/ Q! G$ S2 w( W9 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.- ~) Z' m& \* ? }
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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？% h" E) `# v8 F% r, a
8 @: q2 S8 Y) ~8 B% ?4 ?* z5 d% |+ ?M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. , `3 e* s( k; |; z+ d+ b+ p- W( r# ]
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？ & F7 E8 {- l8 b8 s5 }$ q! y2 h; Q3 k7 J4 c) F% H
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.( ~2 a$ ?* e) w" @/ h; m
[2 ]6 W; a t, t2 }: d6 Q3 a5 \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？ ! @& f4 }0 [ z# y. h6 B2 r * w( ]# B* t% _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.+ H1 D$ D0 m1 F/ Y, R
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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。& h! _/ k+ z6 ^+ p6 ], F: Y
! C4 l0 u, _5 l" ?8 ~M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. 6 {: H) a$ J% |, Q- j* d$ d5 e( U7 ~4 d4 i3 U( x. y
L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ : b5 ~! w' i, Q- b 9 g9 D/ x3 G7 Z7 Y5 X/ D' A(Michael和李华吃完饭以后), ^: p- ^3 c8 \+ X* E5 F# X! Z
8 l' H8 V9 _) M7 N# f3 ZL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！1 b {) K* c0 o
0 T% y) A( I$ n5 W" W1 WM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. ) L6 Z1 u; X& I" r1 H2 y; w 0 [+ ]3 o3 d4 O4 _L: 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？ 8 x0 D' H. @& q, }9 a P2 s+ P$ m, w5 V5 U! z
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. v/ v0 k! \ k5 z2 H# n- ` . k/ a u2 @5 \% M m, dL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ / |, P/ P. @0 t; A) N! ~# x5 p3 {8 g6 G
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. & n3 t; \+ D. Q' `0 t3 ^8 Y* S |% j& B( i: P
L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 7 b6 l* `' ~# ? l2 q% y" J' r/ \: N; d" I5 F) P. |) O# G
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. ) A8 m/ i' O* Q# u5 u; m1 Y. B8 L$ _& {4 t8 i5 q
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？; j" |, R) Y' `1 b# w" D
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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. * r: H$ i; }* W4 d 4 a$ q# L0 l+ O& eL: 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。 7 J$ j; b' O+ g. r. `: q0 y1 n! B$ F. U$ 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.+ R2 P3 p1 q" S0 l: E; r
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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！ ' k6 A5 n4 a' u0 W $ o& z& f1 s" R- A' R3 u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。 2 A- N1 o$ ^0 y) p- FAudio as following:" ~7 M+ p! U6 t" {
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