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。9 g. {( S9 t# I: P( Y
8 n3 a; q$ S% x, G/ X9 AL: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！* o( e V& E! m, w+ m% I, c/ I$ ~
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M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy? m* g3 ~ b t
" Z1 x, I' A: f, S- iL: 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？5 Q2 ?* r/ {7 b P5 j, E
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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.# V+ E" X, K7 o
4 e% V0 y* b/ G5 }7 e. pL: 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？ $ `6 Z5 h4 v0 C, }! j $ t+ O. }6 U# x5 r3 S7 \M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.- b" S' x, D7 S- }" k
! x& @0 k4 t: X* b% _; T# u g8 sL: 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 X- B, r" s( Z+ v4 g4 J3 P Y2 k8 s0 ?
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. 9 E$ p& n) o% ^# d9 }2 m! n/ C8 d0 L$ H0 P: s
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？ $ u7 U, X4 \# w$ {( ^ 3 `8 Z* \8 }7 M0 B6 u$ j/ L7 R M8 T$ aM: 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./ W3 Y8 h p% E" |0 V) T; ]
, O0 S/ F* @, ]/ e% d3 rL: 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。 - A3 H" F6 T A! \& f+ x , X* d* ?# a& }0 G1 E7 w7 SM: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off. . |$ u3 N5 W' t! a! l) D0 g: _9 M, o: ?# ~- _2 V; t
L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！ ! } I% o" a f3 @3 ^' ~& o* w & @9 J0 }) X6 H& z(Michael和李华吃完饭以后) % r5 M- s+ K+ {5 o9 @" @* a ' w; M- s4 ~2 h0 d/ L* w5 UL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！ & u/ g% j: i4 G2 ? h ( J. K4 j c3 e) nM: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money. / [1 {, Z ]9 N% V) p9 f. W3 h* v4 }+ D0 H* t
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？ * G u+ D4 X, W, n. e% [6 M7 P, Q# q, F3 O
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.# u0 f/ O" X ?0 A% s; j' W0 ^9 x$ Z
$ E5 Q0 w, ^+ `. V% A, y: T; r$ gL: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？: p0 a4 b& E7 ^
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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. 0 _6 {4 ~( L V9 [0 e, ?- s/ d! o" `2 W4 Z0 A, b- D, ?6 d
L: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。; M( W! _) R8 a. C0 k ?3 [
% P$ {9 e6 R. g, ]! Y! l% 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$ h. {$ r- ~6 T7 n2 H$ g7 z* B/ g* U' j; ^! ^$ n
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？. j' {" I) m7 ~
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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.0 E% U6 ~- F! l2 ~4 J% f8 ?, 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。 $ j: V, z1 ?1 M0 w& J8 B) h6 p9 u* R" q$ g" R
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.7 b2 x. f8 Y: H1 i3 N. s1 `9 X }
' ?9 \: ^& B. hL: 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！2 W8 U# K% [6 p3 C, c9 ]1 ]4 V$ A
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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。3 g, d: `) N- w! I: J! \
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