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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!' u# \5 g/ h$ M5 o

* e$ E8 G9 g) @( k" D3 }M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
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6 R& F& v8 A" X# Q8 ~2 ?5 JL: 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 U2 m) X! f/ a* P* L9 P
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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.
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8 b& b( ^: b: _2 c1 y: k1 V8 XL: 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?5 x8 F3 l7 V# @; D7 G" y0 K) ?
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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?
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+ P1 F; q. [/ ?, RM: 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.5 |) V0 \/ c( Y6 H8 ]. W* J, L

5 `' ?5 R* {9 Q9 ^0 v0 s( \2 zL: 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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4 ~3 P/ w" ]7 {1 vM: 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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+ w3 M4 p: h! |- X% f2 I% PL: 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。: X/ ~; T9 |4 e/ Q( m8 G- b: p% E( k
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.' b# O/ _# d+ r" |0 w

; ^, B# p# {  g: C( a1 aL: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!1 h1 M" t! o' ^* G) l
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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L: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!4 ~7 r1 a# _+ G% S! P
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.: D; ]# |2 z  y0 Z

6 D" u2 V, ~5 M' CL: 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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( E/ C; C2 Q4 \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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4 k9 G: ?& b# s: `+ {# u9 e4 KL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?
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1 B4 i3 l' l' n0 l% _) _- I2 aM: 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.5 O4 \$ B1 [# P" b: l8 Z, C
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L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。8 r' @) P" g+ S

" U( m- y1 ^! `0 I+ E+ @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.
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5 e( O  q: T6 L" X4 IL: 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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1 `5 V+ [% w/ |/ Q5 u. sM: 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。4 l) ^* I7 Z. N- e) J

# R: b% j. z5 [8 KM: 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!& D; S1 M% o, e1 p( a; ~

' E& P8 e! r2 P  m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。4 N* O9 f% t+ u7 d
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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. e9 R# R7 l) v- u: l: @
landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

: U- K# H5 g# tYou 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( z$ a* Z+ K3 P
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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