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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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) j. V! p5 S4 h4 [/ [L: 嗨, Michael, 在这儿!5 T" A6 ?* `% ~# b& i2 G9 f
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?0 A' x7 p2 s9 z# ?2 p1 Z

& C# N7 \& ^3 XL: 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?4 G! z/ P. |7 q, P$ b# Q

0 K6 G! s- J4 N  _. a$ aM: 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.6 r* C) b5 z- }: g% s$ S$ _8 b" |
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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?1 b# K1 d) W9 F; ~$ V# _: o! h$ ^6 z
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.
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( _/ [- G# s2 G# {! ]+ kL: 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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2 [0 l& p2 p2 b0 n0 T4 _9 DL: 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?4 l1 [6 m0 R; p

% R4 g0 y& j8 E/ x0 IM: 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.
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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。
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! _3 X  L* J7 j0 dM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off.
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了,我们去买饭吧!8 l1 R3 s" {7 E+ p, C
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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.% Q- D- _( Q6 X2 _
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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.9 f4 W- M: a* s" H1 n

2 S, f" h$ q* ~. v& i: @5 W' pL: 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.4 F* y  {6 I* }2 y8 K  K

. z  }" t7 `- a9 d! i5 ML: 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.& n  c, y$ I; [- @9 O0 ~! }

- L% W4 E* `3 J8 G% D  BL: 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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3 O" P) ~, A% \, @( FM: 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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9 f- o+ ]" y- j- ?7 S' X/ \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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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!
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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。
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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
: x* p+ q' d: g0 }" j4 s7 olandmaster 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1 ?% D* t0 y9 x3 m3 j
雲吞 发表于 2010-4-5 21:28
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That should be "strip off".
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