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。 9 w3 U; ]* }( _ 9 U1 F1 z; P1 L" `L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!0 k- ~4 o2 Z+ N6 o& R* @
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?! A. K. \* t q- {% Q# _ C6 Y i
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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?" r( o* G/ N$ P* x
2 q' H5 n, Z$ M& BM: 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. , N4 f6 W9 I9 ^2 C& a' f! `4 C. P8 j( j( j' i+ _$ i) G7 B. d, m
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! N; V6 C3 w+ J4 F
# T) M$ C6 k: QM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.6 y5 J Q. v( c/ T: Y, _2 W
; ^0 F. z# V* D/ _; O, u' FM: 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. $ N( |3 A) T5 o3 B1 f6 r* r5 { ' A' U4 Z& Y2 n; pL: 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? ( g! B0 y( U5 Q& k ( e' h' |8 Y1 J1 qM: 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. 9 x+ V; y! r0 f. w0 k' W' I7 u. c/ J' D9 W
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。- W4 i" B/ [. }+ \& _: t
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. : | x3 `! Y0 `4 l! T P& i* N& w1 c" m9 b
L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!4 P z' t8 f( s u( ^7 Y
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) ( c+ S" A8 p9 L$ G. ^8 e @; b7 k# ?4 a ^; @+ G4 o7 {4 R3 i( |
L: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!+ X' p* Y$ f: n. [) |0 h0 E3 p
* j0 b/ o3 B% d$ {M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.; M; j0 f$ S7 [$ q3 u$ i
+ c! j* _* [/ }/ jL: 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?: o" v5 R# p6 U- E# a) P
& L6 y* M/ H1 rM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer.9 v7 ^, F5 `* k! U3 f
. k/ l# x+ `0 v* E! UM: 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. ( p9 N; }! e& @! b$ g1 }! p/ ~, ^; a' R! b4 P' h$ y
L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。- a# t$ U, _( X$ O
. Z9 L3 n* Z0 _3 IM: 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. d6 C+ _( w' {( }" ^, o. r6 ^' l6 x" V! x
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?5 M" ]# H( U/ ]
o9 g: S# z7 r1 o4 vM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend. I; c6 u+ h! ~: I1 G. g# h' P. L3 d
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。 + M) O2 s0 ~5 j. L+ u% X9 l6 }" c r: W& O
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.; d6 S4 Q2 e" m# ~ }