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。 6 @. i* D! G- Y! b3 V4 a 4 m. |; t s) I# Q( @L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！7 S. e! g3 |" y k
% c/ W& \5 ~" s; u; {% P# ?M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? : j: h! O8 L! D, r4 v3 Q5 h5 a0 Y) {0 X2 ~
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？ , c6 O0 j% }/ G + y ?* q \& `+ x0 W0 @0 {) xM: 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.* ~! V/ _( u% ^+ u# R2 ?2 P: n4 x6 Z
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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？. a8 S4 _/ `: Z8 J
8 m- V; c* n- Q; z; r$ p7 a( _M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.! f# a: z! n% ], S9 n3 A$ x& o4 E
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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？6 R* s ?- [) u/ S% i
) t$ |7 ~+ a2 C0 {- S4 zM: 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. - d7 ]# r/ D) G1 B7 Y , W, }9 h" N0 Q6 x+ YL: 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？1 Q% \2 N( x3 p# V7 O
/ d+ f2 N* f- m2 GM: 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- W" S5 E- f 2 e, N: J3 t5 L8 K' o: N6 yL: 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。 5 a4 t4 }3 q6 o) B5 H9 Q/ Q5 | I9 W( ^" s( `! |
M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. 5 x% D/ ^3 L+ t m0 f/ y) _+ D' T6 Z3 n" N+ e. ]
L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ % c @$ v1 B: V* |. y1 f * m# s. n! g: x(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) n1 ^3 a4 b0 X; E6 H9 k" @ X; h2 V/ E- M$ \8 m: h9 ~3 N! p- o
L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ 4 `. P( H' l8 y$ y1 z$ L6 k' S, T" N- w) b& S
M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. : `0 Q3 S, Y; W/ R% r" L * T8 v& w$ ~3 y7 P# K! UL: 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？7 s4 ]# Q0 B9 q( c [! v! M
- c u5 ?. q% }+ a EM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer. ' Z: i+ x) w& K8 S' Y: Q% o2 M# ]6 I; M# o- Q& o% \( X/ v& a
L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？0 d5 c% U4 f7 \1 \/ x* n
6 p: ~: q" m$ Z8 x. IM: 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.* f. a6 b2 X8 }' }
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L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。" R' F% H- Z0 X T' |% ~: ?5 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. ) g+ p: K# q; q' l! l8 d* n g; `5 J3 Z# t9 OL: 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？8 V& Q) b4 P3 c; \3 E+ K% O
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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. 9 z) Y5 h" C0 d$ o/ H0 ?- g: L7 F) d9 N0 q
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。 - G. F$ O) h' s4 e. ?. v. z & }2 s0 h. W( rM: 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. 5 i" T" ]" V0 f( z# r7 b, B* Y! Z1 x/ L4 K
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！6 w3 G6 J) ^0 C# v, e7 l) E* T. Z
7 c0 d) X4 u+ M/ w# r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 R0 b: T3 u. YAudio as following: ) c0 h& o8 p# F& R
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