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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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9 V' m6 j+ K1 C1 U' |  NL: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!  ?2 c- p+ N' u( m
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
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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?8 J7 J1 R2 m1 j5 i9 [8 W
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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., d- l# i+ v9 B+ Y! c
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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?6 x9 l/ l' p  U. a" d* {0 ?

5 E# I4 ], T" v0 B' o* j+ [M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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) l" q, l$ J' E6 _  d8 fL: 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?$ j- u! z1 T8 _# {$ P

5 Z: l" s6 Q  N2 j; yM: 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.* R4 U4 D0 x% {+ V3 ~! W5 c2 t

3 ]# d6 z3 T- t# I% V" f: m/ uL: 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?0 r. u+ T5 x- s4 C$ I. m

% j% t$ i- x6 a$ GM: 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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* J3 t7 r# u; i: N1 ?( o9 iM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.5 Z4 e" T% G" P: ]6 A, X  f

9 W( {+ z& P' S; A. w) \L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)3 p; j+ V( s1 ]7 c

+ l% V5 \  B& W4 xL: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!  e/ s6 O" a$ f: g% N: O

; }7 {1 ]6 V/ c* c% z: cM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.
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6 U* t; b9 h% f, I. ^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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7 H( B; {( f9 b8 k6 K! c2 ]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.  U! ~* r( y) F& Q3 \: P& J0 ]

0 M* H4 s5 }! L7 }L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。
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9 o: l' j5 @. S: |  V1 a6 fM: 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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; X( ?' N: z- N  r, PL: 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?) P- r. }4 K7 a

: h) r) h2 S# B( L- `" [/ w/ h! IM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.2 w& A$ a. h5 _0 m8 l; g! T" \

1 k/ X4 E2 k( ?' U! @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。5 X# Y6 V: E7 @& K7 f$ W+ l1 ~

% X$ y1 I( g( w; B% aM: 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.  r: i$ K' j* K$ A  @5 h& v+ h& D# @% V3 k

$ M5 g+ n% s4 B  O$ l# H% ^+ uL: 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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+ Q) B  [" d) l6 W- l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。/ k( y. i; A9 S9 q5 c  d3 O
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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
/ x7 e7 l; i, ^+ h6 y9 ^landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

( W6 A  c; z# m" X0 J; l! V) P/ XYou 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
( C  r$ ]& e* ]( U' j( o( ~( `雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

. R" W8 {6 C+ eThat should be "strip off".
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