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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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L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!, j" [- H. ~) J
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?; j! S# `. q: x1 M* w9 M

7 S4 K: D5 t- ~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?: I1 a: E# e" ?

1 A8 U, j, D' p! B2 I, ]8 EM: 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.1 i2 F+ C* |0 I7 k
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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?( y- r2 ]6 v7 n% Y7 A( A

" K  Y5 ]+ D, DM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.8 s, C2 k3 i9 w. K+ Z/ J1 ^5 B

0 X) j& m. _0 @4 ML: 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?
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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./ _* Q4 F3 E5 b+ r, B& Z- _' L: u
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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?* H5 J, W, T. ~; A; j) j
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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.
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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。$ {+ N% |  {+ v& H( W1 |

6 F( ]- ?/ I6 J+ Q$ H  q' l# M. BM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.+ k$ F/ T! f2 @, l4 }* X  B( x

  z7 f. n  `! a4 iL: 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 c+ v3 H. h7 Z& G

' i& U, c' @) S/ AL: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!
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3 b9 F1 Y: H4 M  qM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.  ?, |! M8 h3 Y2 C# T' L5 |+ z- u
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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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' l0 \3 g3 `  ]% e0 I# eL: 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.3 d( l6 `5 e4 {1 E( }
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L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。* r8 u, K( d! V- W& c3 Q
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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.1 r9 p5 J& `. {6 ^. P5 D  v
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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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2 W% t4 X3 M. YM: 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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5 @- ^1 t! I, }5 Q" IL: 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。
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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!6 Q* Q! ~$ _- d% `+ ?4 p; n

9 X3 ?8 j# C5 J) u3 K8 T  j$ j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。
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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
+ N# ?+ H+ N# o- C7 E7 Glandmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

4 e/ ~, l5 N+ m( iYou are welcome!
鲜花(163) 鸡蛋(1)
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) y( r$ D1 z( V1 j, [
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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