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。 + n3 S6 Q5 \; D9 u* K7 f! w 4 C/ d! `6 j; B3 C1 RL: 嗨， Michael, 在这儿！ 8 j" s" ?4 `; C! b& w) G- u g! Q9 J6 O) C
M: Hi, Li Hua! Hey, what did you buy?/ | R. a$ X/ \2 Q' c5 ^$ G$ t% [
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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？ 2 G" a- l- K: W 0 K3 W& ~6 \6 J/ `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.+ ~9 M8 w l8 n" ~) ]1 d
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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？0 K3 ~! P, Q: J( v2 q
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M: Yes, to be ripped off means to be cheated.8 l. K( [; ]1 g. D' ^- O+ n
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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？' ^2 T, _' O( a
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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. + h; O5 k# T& W4 r3 t# G* }6 E, w) f7 Q& a* |9 M
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？5 ~' R3 \( u. ~* P7 p* p
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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. ) W2 |; h7 ^2 P* | 2 M) ~4 b7 e6 [7 h ^1 d9 gL: 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。2 x' i; q6 J. w! A4 \8 v
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M: I guess I'm not the only one who got ripped off." C* Y- { X5 I7 ]# S; ?, x
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L: 买东西真是要小心。得了，我们去买饭吧！+ S6 q' w/ ]" A6 T% g' C8 V2 J
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3 P8 o7 ?* ~' l3 PL: 时间不早了，该回去了。搭地铁去吧！; \: y. Z# F( n5 w( _
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M: Sure! That was fun, Li Hua, but I have to stop spending so much money.5 O4 d) T$ y" G* H& s* t! B
2 m8 S, [- a, r6 {0 m" q. CL: 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？5 u. l% z' y& ~
& n% U- ^3 j( B0 z& PM: No, they just keep telling me that they will let me know soon. I wish the company would just give me a straight answer. , _% i. e' T" S! C: ~7 {8 b 2 |1 C3 h; q- Z1 ~L: Straight answer? 是什么意思啊？ 3 R0 [: t* ~+ {* Z+ r4 y0 M : W! v7 j0 a3 q4 o* P. p+ j2 e( pM: 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.( p! W( E2 q# X
* q) A7 f% a. @( SL: 噢，straight answer就是直接了当，或者是实事求是的回答。3 d. y( `+ Y1 e' ]" q7 c
8 V" m+ C3 u) A5 [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.: @1 ]/ {' Q. J7 O$ [
9 x+ H/ Y* S6 S7 e8 E7 aL: 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？ ' H. k3 V. s9 e& o! s! W) k7 Q 3 Q+ _. r3 K Q" a7 H9 `7 v6 M3 NM: Yes, he did give me a straight answer after he moved out. It turned out he wanted to move in with his girlfriend.% e% z: @; p0 y. E4 ]
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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。9 E2 X; i9 J/ l1 N
3 o* n8 O; S5 \$ b3 M. ]1 EM: 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.% Q* m/ \# W" M
. e0 z$ |% p' y9 I( O' qL: 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！ z5 r( I+ G+ U, c5 Z1 t9 J7 x
+ @7 _; a6 G4 g E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。 / u. ^+ q; j- hAudio as following: f7 Q0 | D8 w l T/ w* [% m
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