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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 R8 Q: U9 |0 U7 }* m: ?* s. C# K
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L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!. E0 F$ D1 Z" d% L" x

8 b8 z  W0 I7 V& q; ?# w5 JM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?3 l  }- Z5 o4 A. w5 I! }5 v5 f+ C
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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.5 R8 ?9 a& q8 J0 p3 Z3 \
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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?  e, s# ~6 q3 M( m/ j7 ^' w

, u/ Q2 w3 X# L9 b0 J; A7 B4 g, F0 p) MM: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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  t4 U* ~* _4 ^, q# o% P: BL: 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?  @  J0 S- R  E* m4 b# \$ {5 X
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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.# m# t9 ^. m" J% t1 j- T8 Z
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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?  q  a$ m  t5 n8 ~% [
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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.' \+ j+ ~9 ^- ^7 x
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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。7 B( }  d: J, y0 K' r$ ~

) N4 N/ B2 b- F! eM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off./ y% S0 H7 O, c; G$ i2 x

0 g  U2 |" P7 W/ o* Q, QL: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!
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(Michael和李华吃完饭以后)7 a# Q, e- a/ _' A* w. S" B* n. u

/ Z. S4 r$ T5 d( AL: 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.: y, X: A" @  Q
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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?
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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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L: 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.5 p2 ~: {$ B; A

5 h% O' B' w% I) [L: 噢,straight answer就是直接了当,或者是实事求是的回答。
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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." M9 Z# m9 r+ l* w2 {

! C$ `8 V4 {: U" ]8 R8 b6 i5 lL: 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?! G$ y9 `7 @; ^, v. f  Z6 d& _9 g% W
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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.9 Y( d8 C/ Z  v7 d/ m. x8 {

# o8 [& S% t4 r/ g+ LL: 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。! o2 O" b( |  J4 N; ?6 l7 }6 D
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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.' J* j# i# P0 Q- x, F% k
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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!$ R: l# U: x0 j6 ]

2 Z9 {" G7 D5 p- k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 you6 |% l! O  h. x0 o$ i1 t2 h
landmaster 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3 I# F! N5 Y7 t3 P9 ]
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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