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流行美语 - Lesson 28 - rip off & straight answer

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发表于 2010-4-3 19:00 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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。; `( }0 ~  Z& T2 ]2 D( G

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* r' }& C4 B% V! A7 ]M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
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* S5 P  L% U( s! Z' n% nL: 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?
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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.* `, F* i4 ?" Z6 W" T/ B

2 O( D; W/ a: P5 A/ E* ~3 k0 \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?0 `# x: [) Z7 z4 m. P
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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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?
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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., }. X; j& O1 w  @) s9 S
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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?
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0 Y' V0 V) J+ U6 p5 z% H- |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.
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; Q7 K; z& U2 ~, `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; W$ m' W& J1 |( r

% S8 A5 u" e: tM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.' q6 z% r9 y9 v0 j
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!5 S! H7 X5 b; w7 A- e6 |, Q
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)# m; K6 h& R* m0 x2 ?2 i
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L: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!
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, d* s; M# Z1 ]* W2 R8 g6 ?: v. _4 K+ jM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.. t% H* I: G$ s# F! @) F
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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?
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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.9 h' L/ S' q% d4 p8 V5 ?
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L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?
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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.3 L* u0 n4 T+ w+ _8 D( J

& {# c& p, ^9 B& R& T( ]1 i# OL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。% w) t/ C0 Y, u6 u

) j# t5 V+ e% ?7 \$ T4 h1 ?. \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., |  e% ^) s. z. e& g& H

# v1 U7 Z( m5 s3 }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?- p: ?# x' E' J9 M' s/ |7 I
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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.
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" d* X1 m- }  a. B+ U3 @" }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。
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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.
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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!
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  e- i% F5 K3 Q) ~1 v, @) E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。% ]6 u" m" d: ?$ C6 a* s  n
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发表于 2010-4-3 21:17 | 显示全部楼层
thx for sharing.and my straight answer:thank you
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 楼主| 发表于 2010-4-5 18:03 | 显示全部楼层
thx for sharing.and my straight answer:thank you
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% X9 J+ }4 K8 FYou are welcome!
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发表于 2010-4-5 20:28 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
我还以为ripped off是碰上打劫的把衣服都给扒了呢
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 楼主| 发表于 2010-4-5 22:04 | 显示全部楼层
我还以为ripped off是碰上打劫的把衣服都给扒了呢, K: j7 X/ ^; @- `% f( R
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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