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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。
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  M0 `% t. p9 j6 `L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?5 p3 }" m% e2 p- P! `

! b5 ]) u$ s5 x% H/ l  W+ Y1 {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?3 r& _$ x  D8 o( T! \% k0 s

6 k0 v' z. [$ K  \/ ~5 XM: 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.' q% z* ~  u6 M9 i, a
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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?
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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8 h) ?8 Y) e& R" \. M+ I% |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?0 E) g& f) G! m& U; ]! p

3 G) |, t" z* [7 r9 u% XM: 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 V$ Q$ n; i! _7 D8 |  W
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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?- k: V. l+ q- m8 h- K, Y& o
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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.$ \: P4 V5 b# h% K' L) j% x

# z! }; S  U: jL: 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。
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' Z, ~+ s' `9 o" ZM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.% R2 j$ h" g/ N) K) n) U( U

/ l8 F1 i: p- tL: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!/ o" c/ L  d$ m3 m" d
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L: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!" q; B: C) c. f! A  y( W4 G3 T

! I+ F; N1 F/ g% {3 [% s9 XM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.* Q7 s- n* ^' T% ^9 H: A3 Q" H  N/ v
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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?4 f3 o6 V3 p# z+ D9 A8 W3 y

; d) b. x3 F7 w) a7 ^/ l1 aM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer.
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3 j/ X2 l. q* R) r3 c1 eL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?' n5 x" G% B* X! [$ J9 p

: l$ f( a$ u( M" Y, {: F) }1 KM: 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.
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0 J  B4 _2 f8 j  `0 _% FL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。7 Q; v. M! H% ~- U5 f
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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.
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6 `9 x6 N8 R: H4 Y6 `  e! A! C2 ?3 JL: 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?8 ?3 Q& @, j5 ]! n% f3 U
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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.! j2 q7 r, w7 v; f9 s
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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。! ]. M4 V/ {7 P5 Z
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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 S5 c( n, p! k

! c9 h1 N4 o& q8 L3 j" eL: 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!" L7 u+ v! O0 g$ {

# b( R3 J' e1 T* 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。! N# u2 G" [5 D1 G8 W0 I- @5 {  T
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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+ e: M9 r# F; e( Q
landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

% x) @8 j$ M2 q( W7 OYou 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
1 [  M) i/ X8 d+ j1 y, ^雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

! h: P7 s6 O6 ~! H$ B# q7 gThat should be "strip off".
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