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。' L ]% c/ @: e) d: F; t8 v9 R
+ c6 B a3 [1 T% J$ A# S3 uL: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ - P/ @) @( u3 a7 Y7 l, _* N1 F4 O$ E& g 1 Q) U% a( S4 @$ q' qM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? " e# F4 L4 \" S0 v. y4 W( C3 ~0 t! g + w9 d* _0 Z" N* N1 ZL: 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？" [) Y. U6 p% Q
4 E/ Y* l" B7 j% `: JM: 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 a* r8 X+ R/ I3 ^ ) w9 A2 ^( t8 q" v% }. b) |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？ ) h2 s4 m# z( N6 _6 O$ B6 q: A3 p. s0 T; |4 g
M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. : W6 J( y" ]! k2 V, Q+ N4 w( y5 V - _. Q; `5 o! iL: 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？+ w: _8 p6 Y, J3 F0 x
& p, ` ?. @9 z6 d6 d" A; qM: 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.2 }0 e# u8 Y0 w; I: V
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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？( g M2 s7 M: n+ ~1 ^/ |+ P
3 S# O4 [4 _$ o( b, C9 mM: 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.& k( B& @+ c& N" ~
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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。; p) n$ N5 \+ ~ b) @& p6 b; F
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. ! i# ~& m* s: M+ v$ s) T' J5 s4 Y# L; U
L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！0 \4 B! T6 f* F+ I5 S; ^% z
7 @/ ~3 w" N' N3 S4 y! J5 _(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) % C1 H1 H3 w7 _) a/ b; P2 A' u7 ?) M+ e5 r; G: P
L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ $ W" b% X3 F/ G, h" ~ , `2 t0 N6 C) m' j DM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money./ E9 X0 j5 w6 J6 P# @5 K7 k
, P% [5 R6 V/ A; G ?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？ : Y& J7 d4 r2 D5 a: j , b8 W/ M+ b% m8 k. J2 O( |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. 9 R( W! ~1 o( l* t4 R V% a) O6 q( t5 }+ c
L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ + z) w2 F# a& I0 t$ o8 y( E8 H6 b N, |
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. 0 V# C& S- g/ G6 [/ D0 V4 x( y( v4 t L. c" A) c; `
L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。( c1 B; ?; z0 c8 O% v. k: O# B- o
0 n, }) z7 U S- V# hM: 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.% { R6 ~! u$ d9 y
* ~! y, f1 i) z/ A1 o; N& JL: 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？: W! S1 z) T& s( T
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M: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.- ~, g2 @' U/ V* r; l
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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。 ; x; u$ X" g1 l' K* s# f3 A2 V. N! x( p: Z( T# ~4 l6 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. ) }: K7 U+ `' l& ]" g9 V7 I5 O- c1 j8 h- W3 t8 N
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！! f# L. q6 Y6 Y8 _3 I' f7 M+ f
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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。# u6 C/ w+ _& v
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