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Gossip Girl,《绯闻女孩》

A:Poppy is it.She's so evil. She makes The Old Georgina look like the new Geoigina.
甲:波比是罪魁柄首。她太可恶了。她让原来那个乔治娜看起来像是脱胎换骨了一样。
B:Serena?
乙:赛瑞娜？
A:I... I have to go. Just put the plan on hold, and do not do anything until I call you back, okay?
甲:我…我要走了。先把计划搁置一下，在我给你打电话之前，不要轻举妄动好吗？
B:S, wait!
乙:等一下，赛瑞娜！

A:I mean it, Blair.
甲:我说真的，布莱尔。
B:Oh. Poppy came by to see how we were doing after all the terrible drama this morning.
乙:哦，在今早所有坏事发生之后波比顺路过来看看我们。
A:I mean, the money part was bad, but I just felt like such an idiot. I thought he loved me. Obviously you understand that.
甲:我知道，被骗了钱很糟糕，我只是觉得自己像个傻子我以为他爱我的相信你能理解。
B:Obviously.
乙:当然。
A:Poppy also told me that she's going to Miami tomorrow night.
甲:波比还告诉我她明晚要去迈阿密。
B:Yeah. I have a cousin down there, and I just thought, if I have to feel like a fool, I might as well do it with a tan.
乙:是的。我在那边有个表亲，我只是想，如果我非得做个傻瓜，我不妨做个晒太阳 的傻瓜。
A:Oh, uh, you might want to check. I think you have a little...
甲:哦，嗯，你可能想看一下我想你有一点…
B:Oh. Oh. Excuse me.
乙:哦，哦，不好意思。
A:Yes.
甲:好了。

生活口语

I got ripped off by the seller.
我被敲竹杠了。
Let's go back to ask our money back.
我们回去把钱要回来。

重点讲解:

I was cheated by the seller.
I got ripped off by the seller.

单词cheat的意思是“欺骗”，使用被动语态be cheated则表示“上当受骗”。而“我被敲竹杠”只是上当受骗的一种情况，用be cheated来表示显得太过笼统。短语rip off的原意是“偷窃”，引申为“敲竹杠；宰客”，用在这里最为恰当。