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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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+ B/ l% K' Z* {/ B: b' P2 mM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
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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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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., z8 V1 e7 F2 e8 D3 G
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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?1 P7 e  \& X6 g7 N6 |
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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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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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.* _! X: n: _" C7 l" S1 j1 h

$ X6 d" F' G% n, d2 dL: 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?; p. l" g' v, T* ?- X

/ A" I1 m5 f6 i5 u0 P/ ZM: 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.: m8 P4 S* t8 J7 C# m7 M
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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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) B: K; ], A  J( E0 wM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.* D1 s) h# L# z. s" U% F
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!
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' F0 E. t8 d" ~0 C, w( B: {7 z. A(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)  _, ?; v/ C+ Y! _) H; _
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L: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!
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% Q% |: K' z. W( C  s4 J" T2 X/ {M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.& u4 K5 p* X7 _6 O4 y5 ~+ H, j' v, c6 a/ u

1 I9 E) T9 L' D( I+ FL: 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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. @8 R/ C8 c( f+ z" lM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer." V% L% k& U) Z: a2 w

% s8 E# X3 ~7 j$ a. kL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?2 a, v* |- h/ d0 c% S9 O

; V7 f6 e* N, s; L7 R/ I$ HM: 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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L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。9 h7 r! }; E8 c; f3 n

- `& T. ]6 ~  H1 f7 DM: 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.0 L0 f7 k" i5 z  r8 U. U4 i

0 {! b; U# _+ |) X8 s  J, |4 Q" ZL: 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?" C' q6 B6 z8 K2 J0 s

) L# A( l  z/ w; [' N, _0 e' Y6 Q3 yM: 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。
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9 d0 E) m; u0 }$ g5 Q, GL: 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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/ `( e# e4 {# K) Y1 t# j& s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
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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
: L7 V$ M" a3 {* y0 h9 V3 I9 }0 \雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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