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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!
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0 |0 H7 O8 y& [; r, O2 @8 vM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?" m: l2 c& S% d+ K' U8 P# I
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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?
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0 d$ Y' ?* ?, Y+ L. Q7 {0 [2 {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.8 I: Q: h4 {; W& k. O; y$ `# D* n

& f2 N5 r- z. I7 bL: 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?
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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. s5 B4 G9 b  V9 P" wL: 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?9 j5 _8 V1 e* Q0 I# ]9 J

! e/ q+ w  Y8 X. g2 J1 o; EM: 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.) N% t' ]1 j$ r( m" c

+ \$ F  \! }8 {7 kL: 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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. P5 y' h% H4 f4 C8 ^3 J7 LM: 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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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.9 [( x  Z6 [7 C1 }
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!5 L: X$ ^7 K' @2 C: n
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)( H; `2 b  V. ~$ d$ F: G! V9 {

8 X6 C8 K$ ?, A- _. Q% T7 s, JL: 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.* U+ Z5 F7 B* }$ a- F8 o4 J

+ B; H  G* D6 EL: 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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5 W2 b9 u. \; |$ ]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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8 Y+ D2 \' D, S6 A2 b) j" MM: 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.
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. o/ ]* F) W* c" jL: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。
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( _- x3 W8 \+ u8 c5 e0 _. BM: 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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( A! \6 I$ G9 D0 [, [* S# a( fL: 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?) a  i# ^# V& ]; R1 u
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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.
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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。' j2 l  p6 \/ O: ~4 e$ q2 q8 ]
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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.
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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!
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, @' S0 _( x0 Z. g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。2 q/ t% _7 ^' x+ E" `
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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
" c7 r# Y* c; l, A6 Jlandmaster 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* i; m" Y5 i' y
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28

$ @  {! p+ V+ M3 H' H. T  a. rThat should be "strip off".
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