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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!/ @. e. q  p5 F' t

& D  J7 ]( o! _+ N) C# HM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
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# Y* i% F8 Q/ G2 G1 L/ c+ Y0 E2 YL: 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?
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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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2 ?/ x; O( N* @- u* t- X0 X. nL: 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?7 u0 f" G& N& u+ V) z/ J
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.8 X- \& q+ r. T, B
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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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- Q/ A+ Z1 d$ ?( Q) aM: 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.
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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?/ b6 x7 L- o  }5 O+ }

9 u% C7 ]1 q& B% p/ I/ ?; ~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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; b) Z" Q& H$ C9 M1 Y, X! hL: 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。( |& u/ I1 m5 o4 ~9 X5 ^2 i7 q
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.
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6 n9 D/ g" V. Z9 z- N# A) \L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!
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L: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!; d6 M$ r5 E( d) E

5 E6 S+ h7 I6 q8 fM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.1 E3 |! m2 D9 }, E, `5 \

; r. P* b0 N/ e& U9 I( xL: 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?3 j4 D7 V  B$ X* ?, j8 ~: n; j
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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.# ]& ^- ^' o7 K* q5 K1 q% x6 O) t0 ?, }

6 ]" a- W; k1 L+ n! W; p- TL: 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./ k& o7 C: z, o+ }
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L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。' c* G1 X& A3 K8 H
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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.
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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?; t; M5 |# v! U: Z3 K+ H7 k( G5 ~
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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.% d; I7 l- G6 w4 N2 \# t! A6 c0 R
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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。6 \+ K6 W7 S& w2 E! @' g: ~$ L1 ~

  V$ k8 W7 n1 D* o8 d6 J8 \# z7 jM: 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.1 J" i' E: q. W- Z( R

6 g. S9 K( y' J7 P( c5 wL: 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!
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  U5 l0 b/ ~) I6 |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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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' W) T+ A7 J' `0 D5 U( e3 G
landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17
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You 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$ U  p$ k4 [2 y1 y
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

  y* ]6 P" K  r; _$ R6 UThat should be "strip off".
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