时间:2019-03-02 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

   Jessica在北京学汉语,她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词,就会来请教她。今天是方方要问的:宰人。


  JESSICA: 方方,Your new cell phone is so cool!
  FF: 那是,这可是最新型的智能手机!
  JESSICA: 这手机很贵吧?
  FF: 商店里卖5000块呢!
  JESSICA:啊? That price gives me sticker shock.
  FF: sticker shock? sticker, s-t-i-c-k-e-r, sticker, 是商品的价签,shock表示吃惊,sticker shock就是说看到价签上的价格,被吓到了,对不对?
  JESSICA: That's correct.
  FF: 说起来,那天我去商场里买手机,When I saw the price, I got major sticker shock. 那价格让我大跌眼睛。这么贵,纯属宰人! 对了,“宰人”在美语里怎么说呢?
  JESSICA: We use the word “rip-off”. r-i-p-o-f-f. If something gives you sticker shock, you can say “This is a rip-off”.
  FF: This is a rip-off, 这是宰人价!
  JESSICA: You can also say rip someone off.
  FF: Rip someone off?我明白,就是“冲某人要高价,宰人一刀”。那我要是说“我被人宰了”,就是 I was ripped off,对不对?
  JESSICA: Exactly! Fangfang, Don't you think you were kinda ripped off ? This phone is really pricey!
  FF: There's no way I got ripped off! 这手机是网上买的,才1000块!
  Jessica: Wow! That's a really good deal!
  FF: 那是! 哎?怎么回事?手机怎么不动了?Jessica 你看看,what's wrong with my phone?
  Jessica: Let me see …The phone is dead. It's broken.
  FF: 啊?坏了?我,我昨天才买的!
  Jessica: It seems like you bought a shoddy phone. Shoddy is spelled s-h-o-d-d-y. If something is of poor quality, you say it's shoddy.
  FF: Shoddy 就是形容质量低劣。嘿! 气死我了! 买了个劣质品。
  Jessica: You know what they say, Fang 1 Fang, you got what you paid for.
  FF: You got what you paid for? 便宜没好货! Jessica, 你损我是吧?
  Jessica: 哈哈,别生气了。Let's see what you've learned today!
  FF: 第一,宰人是rip-off, 当动词是rip someone off;
  第二,形容价格高可以说 something gives me sticker shock
  第三,形容质量低劣可以用shoddy.

n.尖牙,犬牙
  • Look how the bone sticks out of the flesh like a dog's fang.瞧瞧,这根骨头从肉里露出来,象一只犬牙似的。
  • The green fairy's fang thrusting between his lips.绿妖精的尖牙从他的嘴唇里龇出来。
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