! ^; S3 P$ n( `: }- f xL: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ : Y) D: v5 }8 C. I/ q2 z! U% Z! G ) q8 E; v. O" q2 kM: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?. _3 ?$ _0 S; U, j$ q8 V
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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？# W7 O6 A! Z- Q7 ~
7 ]- \; A% a- l% T9 |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.' m' n7 s3 _& @. ^9 ~
+ `' F- a$ y: x3 |3 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？3 w' @5 y8 z8 {3 @; C
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated. " a9 j/ m8 B! A$ H7 v8 O8 I6 C 7 p8 Q8 w B$ {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？5 H; ^: o, f8 ~' e
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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. ) L9 |# k8 y. D/ B) k% t- K* f! e9 Z9 b! u6 V G. P$ E& k9 p2 v+ q& N
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？ 3 p( G8 h. V, ?6 e 1 z _, X7 J& p9 O- FM: 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.$ D) _; F$ k2 P; y
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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。 % n# p" t, h+ V& H4 e$ ^( V9 I4 Y* O5 T
M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. ~- [ }; f4 U: g) B3 h : {+ f- |( Y" v, z3 N, K% h3 z+ FL: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ 5 `' q5 [% X. [; z0 g6 E7 r) q. f R3 f8 e
(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) ( H( B" c" F1 @9 H; }2 ]6 T: ]1 l- K n/ u
L: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ & Q" \# \) v) [7 k! E/ r; C9 R5 ]+ a6 h" j; c. E( A; y% i
M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.7 Y- e' z; R; @4 h
, m/ j2 L$ t5 d) i. N* |# ]" ~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？$ l7 k# T7 O% C
2 E2 y9 B+ S7 T6 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. 8 r- z, x# f) h 5 p$ g) f& u5 D$ ~* PL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ & S) m) \# `: B9 d; G. N, w9 ]& C1 ], N1 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. & C) t: ^4 c7 `( l% w $ o7 Y. L' r: PL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。: e. C, h' s, I6 q
5 t# w' L# w# `9 r- {) RM: 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. ; V! m8 M% |5 \6 L. f7 n \ " K8 W: O7 X% M( S# NL: 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？ 9 [2 ~; `( o. c$ K1 x* @ : P2 W6 b" A; L! s3 \+ xM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.1 P- i1 U: G4 g" l! \* Y; ~1 ]
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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。 ( e: ?: c1 D8 k: f! x 5 J9 B& S& B( X' @4 n' m6 @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.' V; A: m; e% [5 F# I) [. Q9 j g
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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！ 9 Q+ Q0 o/ K: i 8 U! d1 E- w M" O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。 " j- r9 f, {$ ~8 |$ t# x- Z" ~5 }Audio as following: 3 w% j1 T2 E0 U
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