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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。0 C1 s- x1 h, u2 }' A8 c: u& B
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L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!3 b" h- a( H/ S- L/ z5 ?! |8 e
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?
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% [7 t! Y. t! F+ R8 ^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?5 x5 g1 n5 Y' F5 c  W: H: u
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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., K" p: ?8 ]$ }/ 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?
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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% p: E- P1 @$ m  \% [, F1 _6 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?
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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.
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% O+ U% ^: a$ B6 ~+ \$ }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?% T3 l  M" {" q0 }% u
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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.6 O* L9 c4 A: B* E

! N4 }2 p! K& D6 [2 \7 x4 D! S, c9 TL: 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。. {6 ~5 U6 \, O: S1 Y2 u3 ^( [

7 n" S4 X" ]* i5 u& e1 [5 BM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.
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$ q( Y/ l% E: a" WL: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!6 g3 n' [+ T5 e$ j  M  U0 \
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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L: 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.) m: K; i3 E. t2 V8 m* O

' ?( g1 {" L* u, L! VL: 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.: J# P" y( J/ C3 p, N  `

: S! l3 \( @' }% ~; J4 Z( ]/ hL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?
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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.
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L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。+ l2 |& D- H  V' S9 v& i/ Q8 f
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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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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?, x; e/ ]( k0 P) a

4 w% \! h3 F3 ?3 e: X9 v" eM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.. H1 _+ g, ^2 G# b) [

4 X0 u7 y# \: i2 ?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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1 ~! R7 {$ _) ~7 g8 W! B7 wM: 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.# N0 g4 w5 d: c

, o9 \: w$ _+ M+ R! a# c3 h: ZL: 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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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。- g$ u; |& F( B$ z, @8 d
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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) w7 J+ L0 e, K9 v
landmaster 发表于 2010-4-3 22:17

4 w, x6 d$ x- n/ Y6 K0 UYou 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  s4 j  h  \3 j" F: J
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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