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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。* a( o/ K: {, h: c) ?* E

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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?, U7 J+ M; ^* W$ f

" E5 [8 I  _+ C1 J2 ]3 L& ML: 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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, h' p* G! P4 B3 Y* PL: 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?$ l1 V- E' E2 @; W
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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/ g1 d0 \$ v4 B" q/ ML: 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?. S; j  L6 ?. C: X- Y, {
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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.2 X! w0 T7 ]; y+ `. f$ Y# F- J$ B' D
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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?
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! H7 m: s, T2 ]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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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。
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& |& _* M8 ?9 x- ^9 R  \+ UM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.
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' ?7 \" [8 z) a1 P2 \L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!
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8 h7 ], S$ m/ R: o2 mL: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.* ]" I/ d# d, W6 z2 d' o7 p

2 |, M7 Z4 d* r! j7 CL: 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?
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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.
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L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?
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3 P  G- L! Z9 L8 F. g0 O% Z9 X) xM: 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.7 @8 @% M" ?* h- n. u$ R1 |
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L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。( [& T& t, o' Z; a' o9 u  {1 n) z
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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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( P) }8 B) T( t* 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?
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5 c1 z. a. t) M- W8 FM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.
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! x9 U0 G' P' U' ~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! `) U  m) q9 J5 |. y: E  S

# c2 C4 L. h2 LM: 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.
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( }' z" s% W% u' v6 u# eL: 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!0 @5 z2 v. p7 p4 Q* |$ J9 |
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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。
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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; }9 o" Q: g! @+ S+ M1 a" |) @
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7 i) w4 g& S6 M- b5 s
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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