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。 8 y' U& n9 A! M7 y) z 5 {! G# z& q" [* f% Z& H# E+ ^L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ 6 e7 P7 J0 N2 p9 Y: Q, ]6 N B' ]* ]/ y9 _" SM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? ^8 W' a2 q$ ?/ n & C' W. X& m* f& WL: 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？ ( Q7 x8 ] I$ ^8 k+ s# Y / x1 X3 u; Y! `1 Z, J/ h1 aM: 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.& ~) I9 W6 D4 l! 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？$ E6 k! x0 n# x" u ~3 Y+ l* ?1 v
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1 U. `$ A1 _; W/ }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？ $ k, P4 R9 I+ O4 C; E* T/ w e" B. c$ a/ D1 v
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. 1 T' A* z: W- X) F( T' q" j2 V% t8 V& a; M$ K9 T( k
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？, N) K7 w" u/ v. T V; |0 e+ g
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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.4 w* {6 W& @3 `# l) @% N
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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。 $ A7 e9 L3 i3 @3 S % `* `0 D) e; y U1 y( U& aM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.7 u! e) r+ k# s$ D
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！& S; s8 Y$ U! s7 t
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ ! t/ c+ W- o) k/ C0 G/ m + F5 K+ _3 D8 ?+ G- k$ k4 KM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.$ }7 w2 B' e* a) W
& k! B4 E3 f$ W- B X4 [9 ]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？ ! z( z! S7 k$ e1 i& c3 V3 r) C0 e# a1 W. a/ s) Z8 Z+ r# x
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., M. K1 [5 w9 ]8 B7 ^
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L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ ; h u0 U# c' P( p Z( Y( B B4 A8 x
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. + m, L6 G# _$ S- B$ j# M9 \# R2 T1 L' J
L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。9 e, j: D+ P5 a. P
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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. 0 S. x7 m {$ a( i' D6 p6 s$ J Y# A- {3 {- V: y$ j7 Y
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？ 1 N$ O' D: A5 q0 M( v ( m, }! n5 O' h) cM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.: K* R% q5 f' Q; z* N
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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。7 d; K3 X* ?6 y3 h5 h
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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. 5 W/ d. ^; F- h& [6 }( n & W+ f; @$ @' O$ C5 e4 N DL: 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！ D# `$ N" @9 P! }# v u& q* { * K1 H* y' G# q1 v! J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。 9 g$ G. Z3 [- e6 IAudio as following: 4 q: _3 _6 k* p
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