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。$ j! q, `% ~+ C! H! M
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L: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！6 m1 S. q; z( G
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? 4 k. W, Y# |, {$ H6 P- Y, V% n+ q , C, F3 n8 [ K7 d* p# O O1 OL: 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？# \& A* T, V q
( L! V% K4 {5 [4 U8 U7 uM: 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.9 \0 n# [/ U, J9 k
; |' i) _/ I8 A/ H" k% D7 oL: 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？ ! [ k* ^+ I( e) k" V* S% A6 y: ], x9 @
M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. % C' L6 m5 w$ f" B7 ^ - B( m- C! c7 H' C4 }) O9 ^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？ : g0 Z$ X Q6 Q/ g; J, I8 q# b+ z, X2 t* ]* o
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.! v0 ^: }: m b
, M% k* c( d1 [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？ 1 Q- ?# K1 G; D9 W( e/ @. r + o8 w# R0 f1 i% _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.; A1 H r3 }1 ~. \1 D/ ^
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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。 * w5 I' y) v5 y* B; ~+ m5 }/ @4 s3 V1 O8 o" p7 T
M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.' T1 d5 O6 @6 T! d" _* \2 [% ~
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ / Q+ [2 B$ k6 a/ `! ~* l2 h6 P# K/ i; ^% z
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8 g( x( a/ Q; {3 TM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. 8 {5 ~/ V8 }6 W! l8 i7 h/ s9 Y6 H4 J: z
L: 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？1 o, E8 T: I3 ~5 q* j5 D. I
( Z8 T% a' M7 `$ T0 J$ a7 UM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer.5 v, j: u$ u& o2 b1 [* D$ D3 ?
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L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ D' ^; Q& O- W. E; W: w0 E' i& r6 v8 m2 T! ]
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.# u" ?" J7 W/ k' x' \
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L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。 j* Z' n0 z0 |8 I/ H! E* E1 F, p 2 [+ Y& j! j) m r) H4 I5 SM: 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.( y* Z5 D) \( M0 O
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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？ # q" ?( N( G6 Q: Z$ [3 p! H 9 r" ?) N$ J& ~) T5 b( yM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.4 h' {. P; I- R- F E4 H
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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。 0 {( p( u C+ E) ?& l- ?% @0 k! v' s& m, Z( @
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.% g4 A+ ?& [! h4 Q
, q* @: k: T+ YL: 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！ ( w1 w) I8 F' e4 i+ x ( K* _. x/ `% |+ b) b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。 0 d9 L F' V' J5 d# C0 KAudio as following:$ W+ G) m: s% p
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