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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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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?& h1 ^& ]- c0 M3 Q
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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?# U; Z. S9 S: o& D  G, x- r
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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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5 h1 Q4 ^' e- [7 v: |8 G, m* ]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?% e; t, `3 l# I5 U0 e# s3 A

1 a" z3 g2 Z- a0 C# w" J" RM: 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?6 T) ^' k7 V$ E5 m5 ^

$ D" C6 f4 h6 ZM: 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.% F- _* s% p7 B7 s
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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?8 D3 e0 I. M4 p- E

! |$ U4 F  l2 S/ N, gM: 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.+ u. j  k3 i4 d- |

: O! [$ F1 }" ?& Q: f8 X7 [  SL: 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.
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: b& ^* c# z8 s5 LL: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!
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8 P- s- Q1 A! }8 s% j(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)
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4 {$ R9 j& d+ [0 h- @L: 时间不早了,该回去了。搭地铁去吧!
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% t6 q' L5 t! M. zM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.
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9 [0 ]! C# T. f0 o, U% J( G5 f1 GL: 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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4 w" c' R+ W1 `, N% x2 g- j2 `. nL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊?
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$ U$ `/ c5 Q" ~/ d& A" ?: X, RM: 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.' V" }2 K! L* e# y) X# _0 x1 e
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L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。
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2 n  s8 c( U7 k% @+ lM: 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?
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' e; q5 Y" ]: b& v" C# _9 y* eM: 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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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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  y1 n' Y  w6 k8 fL: 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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9 ?8 s3 g* U& U3 N/ M1 c$ ~5 }3 ^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。: |  u3 B  m8 _; s* k+ g/ p
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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
# S8 }6 c+ I$ Vlandmaster 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
  n; z) k% C+ f/ v3 K2 w雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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