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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。) `/ P# O+ h# z+ g7 S0 W  G" k3 H
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L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!6 O$ X- V. b- e9 A; O

9 X$ \& F' P3 B, y0 _M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?$ f( W' m- v6 G

5 ~5 U9 p, {4 lL: 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?( t) Q" y4 P( k( c$ H) |, w: G- j

- N; q: q; f, Q1 g- t( O7 U* q; sM: 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 O! i4 i  D% f7 q9 H
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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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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?9 t  k5 o6 p3 H: \
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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.
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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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3 s' y9 F' d- X6 L. p: u! ^+ }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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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。
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  j% Q$ F" |. n& wM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.& P( Z, C( i  B. E0 ~3 v' W

/ n! `9 H+ P3 YL: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!* b. i/ J6 K% j

# U' G! M* ~- d2 {(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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3 d, Z- H1 t" gL: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.$ J7 v9 @# t# M) Q
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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.
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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.' r7 S$ _8 N% R8 C8 \/ q4 F
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L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。! W- Y2 `% d2 e( g* E

( y3 S: f1 ^! M' k9 H& f! n& rM: 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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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?
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' c8 J3 n  F# V$ W6 CM: 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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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。9 F- e% N) f, ^! w1 g

4 U2 p5 p8 `. _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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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 b) q4 ~  ^+ O: p- ?- b9 }6 M
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鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
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
) X0 l7 D- h5 `' p- klandmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17
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You 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2 m( m7 h0 O% s0 O1 y3 R
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

8 a/ Z9 q; e4 J, e+ Y, N7 aThat should be "strip off".
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