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。5 b- _. T4 f& s4 ]6 U- Y- o8 B1 b
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L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！( q# [; b3 t8 y! r) p) p$ ~+ V; d
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?# O8 `& n# l) \1 [, O7 |% t
# k; @. z8 D( e( t; dL: 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？ $ {% ]6 w. m( i" B7 B3 J. j v- E* z/ o5 G
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.$ R- G4 f9 i! r2 M1 r
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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？$ M- x6 n: O& A8 k
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.5 _, M& [! f6 s6 o9 _+ z# c
B5 N7 j8 s, l' x! yL: 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？ + S2 W K2 w5 j# g2 E. l/ P8 d. i* v5 j* L" {+ s/ c
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.) x6 a9 q9 H4 e/ B
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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？ 7 {! g. P& |+ }' _1 F. v: N; l9 ~2 M# q
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.$ J. U7 M# Z' B
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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。7 c% _4 z+ L8 ?' D) R
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. 5 s* X$ O, C- h6 r ) T+ p% W, @3 hL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！2 ^; a9 Q, |( r% I2 w
8 }1 A3 P5 ~" L4 S7 l& OM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. ; g- `+ i! { i _& v& q 6 @- B& A# ]/ _8 lL: 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？8 C6 G% r. V9 D! T$ o! h; S0 s
+ x3 |; N; b6 \' _2 ZM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer. / E6 o+ s0 Q$ @% N3 _: K' g0 K. |8 R" P+ z
L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ 7 E' F# B; o. @+ Z4 o) i- A7 p: l# k- Y* @5 ^& G0 |# g/ r6 U
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. " c( D2 z) q% J7 U2 O% ]( t " ?) x5 A- M0 Y! SL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。( i; c" ~" A- D- I7 z# L
1 s) n) h! n6 k: S. }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. , y3 {" N4 x4 h- o7 A7 p8 D. p' f1 d% l$ a2 i5 A: q% Y3 O' q8 ^
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？' e F1 c$ ?: v1 `) {* c, K/ ^
" q" L7 E3 s5 [M: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend. # D0 Q8 q. \2 G; w! {- }% O* V8 \. P0 S# E B, Z# g. ]
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。 $ ^1 J# F$ n" g4 b: g- Q! d7 s5 j1 v- F
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. 8 t: r! p9 U% F" w, s# d- t. X4 u7 p+ [0 @, v
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！ 2 k0 s' X6 J5 x9 g- n8 D ) V; J! u# Z$ q! V1 q+ j9 n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。! z, x5 S' Z. L3 E; f
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