! s9 R! y. v: _! B( NM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?3 P$ C% g+ U& y9 [# l
/ X( ?7 _, b# `* _% M1 s& GL: 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?/ y! b0 S4 p4 d/ H; w' j" k
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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." M, ^/ m" P) O" ~% ~
& Q' F" _- x, n( GL: 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?+ u) Y. u/ |' m5 f. i
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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? # z- r6 k2 `1 V f3 P$ ]2 v, y' s; Z* 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. / {; p1 K" X; ^4 Q# c6 j0 R' ]+ ^7 n/ `: c g W
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?8 F4 G9 n5 B+ O; V
; F7 Z- e \3 [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.& H0 ]! j- J* P
7 J0 Q; A) k6 r0 G2 r4 gL: 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。+ K4 K p1 @+ q5 `3 U
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.8 ]5 W! {$ V+ ?$ S) p
& Q' c; c6 P* v0 U' \L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧! 6 F7 U" c* s# ^6 w& o9 N4 b( |' z+ t1 J, U, W- Z# Q% B
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L: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!3 Q8 O/ v& c2 I5 O: N, ~9 |
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.+ l, Q$ T/ a" d" [: N- ?. }/ n5 N( q# i
& R; { I7 ~/ @" c R" M5 H% l ~; bL: 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?8 {! f7 ^1 `, C. _4 h) A& G ]
+ W( m$ Y/ I6 U, z, s3 p. w! D' QM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer. 0 m4 {; G, d) K2 ~ ! Q' o2 M* l N2 DL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊? : `4 z" Q; M/ E, j7 f/ e/ H6 N C6 U& K6 V" x$ t, a
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. ( {/ }4 Q j: z1 S7 Q# A C! q+ ~( v* K2 y/ r
L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。 " q g2 b) L0 a: v, E; b/ ?8 m " I. o5 s, S. v/ qM: 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." J4 o( _3 _/ v; p, y* q, ?: |, e
9 G) N& P( S2 CM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend. 6 i: o7 d. P2 c% S: L) }/ ~, R, V; p! ?' d( s+ c2 M- [6 ~
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。 $ Y3 _7 Z8 L- D h + N1 v& o7 Z$ q4 o' H- {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: B0 g: Z) o- d- J* K3 S/ s