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 m3 F0 X% G0 ~: q " t6 }0 Q2 ?# N. n) FL: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！( `" l) V1 ^1 q7 v
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? * o! S) V3 ~3 q& V% r- F6 G v; U
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？' \( m0 T+ \% @# }
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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. " y) D- ^7 `$ r! ^& J 7 f4 j6 ~3 [) h; i8 ]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？8 N4 s. ~- N1 U. }
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.) N3 @+ a& P# G! k
# v) W: m# ]8 o$ F8 uL: 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？( R- p& e" i- w. O& w
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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. 6 O- J+ e. a& G3 R # { _% D0 v- ]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？% R5 }' t- h z% N
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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. - _$ u4 C3 ^* E- f4 [; f! o9 M1 i- {2 f- t v) R
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。' F+ r# Q4 ]; [# M5 `8 y
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.7 U8 x' {0 \/ D2 _ U3 H
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！2 j& L# D% m: \9 [/ O% ?
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L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ m$ M- J! t9 q* w$ i
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. w( G+ s2 b3 K* `* h ; ~; P# k3 X# H8 |5 J2 }8 O. q" J- E3 ~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？6 d. _: W) N& n/ y p( @* T
* t. C7 {- Y" n' o3 E1 s, ~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.+ Q8 H3 z% P. @, m: Y
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1 k/ { @/ W! k( P1 ]* h; ]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. $ p }& G# k. K% v $ l8 f! Y0 a' s, j" k* C- rL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 - p ?/ E2 l) N5 p$ O, b* M8 {5 p$ Q S, O* S7 [
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.0 Z+ |, l! t* f4 E
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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？+ a* U0 p" A$ M, b' c
5 ?, d% z& H1 l* TM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend. * s, t" O9 @4 W& n, q5 Z4 F6 V( c8 q- U& K& J7 M
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。- Z& A7 C- n' c. u0 V
3 q2 k4 r$ H/ \- a. `) u0 [* vM: 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.# L$ T# o$ o; p# n
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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！ & S5 G% k- I9 \ }! P' D6 C+ S% G8 B9 ]: } K5 N4 t; G" v- h; U
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。! c) S# Y J/ ]0 Y. m9 Y8 w) U
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