Jessica在北京學(xué)漢語(yǔ)，她的中國(guó)朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)的詞，就會(huì)來(lái)請(qǐng)教她。今天是方方要問(wèn)的：宰人。

JESSICA: 方方，Your new cell phone is so cool!

FF: 那是，這可是最新型的智能手機(jī)!

JESSICA: 這手機(jī)很貴吧？

FF: 商店里賣(mài)5000塊呢!

JESSICA:�。� That price gives me sticker shock.

FF: sticker shock? sticker, s-t-i-c-k-e-r, sticker, 是商品的價(jià)簽，shock表示吃驚，sticker shock就是說(shuō)看到價(jià)簽上的價(jià)格，被嚇到了，對(duì)不對(duì)？

JESSICA: That's correct.

FF: 說(shuō)起來(lái)，那天我去商場(chǎng)里買(mǎi)手機(jī)，When I saw the price, I got major sticker shock. 那價(jià)格讓我大跌眼睛。這么貴，純屬宰人! 對(duì)了，“宰人”在美語(yǔ)里怎么說(shuō)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, 這是宰人價(jià)!

JESSICA: You can also say rip someone off.

FF: Rip someone off？我明白，就是“沖某人要高價(jià)，宰人一刀”。那我要是說(shuō)“我被人宰了”，就是 I was ripped off，對(duì)不對(duì)？

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! 這手機(jī)是網(wǎng)上買(mǎi)的，才1000塊!

Jessica: Wow! That's a really good deal!

FF: 那是! 哎？怎么回事？手機(jī)怎么不動(dòng)了？Jessica 你看看，what's wrong with my phone?

Jessica: Let me see ....The phone is dead. It's broken.

FF: ��？壞了？我，我昨天才買(mǎi)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 就是形容質(zhì)量低劣。嘿! 氣死我了! 買(mǎi)了個(gè)劣質(zhì)品。

Jessica: You know what they say, Fang Fang, you got what you paid for.

FF: You got what you paid for? 便宜沒(méi)好貨! Jessica, 你損我是吧？

Jessica: 哈哈，別生氣了。Let's see what you've learned today!

FF: 第一，宰人是rip-off, 當(dāng)動(dòng)詞是rip someone off;

第二，形容價(jià)格高可以說(shuō) something gives me sticker shock

第三，形容質(zhì)量低劣可以用shoddy.