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。 4 { X% x! u4 [" O: D( P$ J S* r% L , l- t1 V8 |, v' r5 ~4 f; m! cL: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！% v# t* j M4 U5 z
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?2 l( t+ `% E$ d! s
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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？7 m$ q+ i4 k2 R
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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.9 |6 h2 U* ~! q
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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？ J( v' R* [- Q4 _4 W
7 V4 H, h# E# i; p" \M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. 1 b7 O6 g, j0 k' u w' Y0 J0 B" }/ b) A' ^4 Y7 r; s, u
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？ / P. i5 M& [2 v. H! ^- T' l; \. Y5 n 5 F7 K& l# A$ D3 h& G# P0 J \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.+ S3 O3 |& `" [( J8 Q- H
$ D( m1 F, x# _" ]% lL: 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？: C: Q3 _* M9 N, X; a, @, Y, U
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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. 0 D3 g6 A! Z I$ U / I$ J) s0 V. J# ~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。2 Q& M B: k! e* I& w( I# y7 k
* _2 Y: z9 o; L( X- B5 G/ W1 s/ ~M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. 7 K8 s3 s( ? [$ s, y0 s 9 i; ~9 l# P' A; w5 `L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！2 I5 S3 r# L2 V6 z- l2 M
9 y' U h3 M4 m/ ^! \(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) + N7 ]( |# a$ ^9 L7 _4 O 8 T# M3 M, E0 H( v6 [7 QL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ & t- b+ D) ^6 @* L/ [) t! ` ' t6 }: \" u6 O. n' pM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. / l, h' c: j# j) v1 U/ R5 C$ M( N8 ], z3 w; h; I$ u, e& r
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？$ A; ~: k5 Q% ?! W2 ~
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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.; @6 `4 [5 n3 K3 i+ e0 Z' Q
) K, r1 u5 e1 |L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ $ c: ?2 @4 P7 m; ` " x3 d/ X5 r0 O2 N1 R- aM: 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. 5 E4 O7 t Q( J" O+ z+ Z , k0 |( h4 l, Z) vL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 - X" ^4 l. F- e; q/ n( M" y$ }% P- J0 h1 b( b
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. + z' u* {) H* z3 ~ ! k% ?' }( q" P. gL: 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？ , F2 r$ t& p- P7 p6 ? 5 N2 S. G1 l: p1 z7 EM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend. 8 L2 ^. h4 q1 \, f7 N0 _$ a# P9 G, z1 O) l8 N1 Q/ _3 [
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。 $ a; _7 M4 G9 M% ? z) f1 g% O7 Q5 O: u+ e" d9 u; sM: 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.$ h' [) }1 p& Z# U! l7 E% O: |9 J
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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！ 7 u% N1 Z" Q5 R: H5 Z1 J; _) Q/ Q6 p! e9 S$ V
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。( N5 x# {& B5 K( f) K
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