Jessica在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麼說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是方方要問的：
宰人。
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!
JESSICA: 這手機很貴吧？
FF: 商店裡賣5000塊呢!
JESSICA:啊？ That price gives me sticker shock.
FF: sticker shock? sticker, s-t-i-c-k-e-r, sticker, 是商品的價籤，shock表示吃驚，sticker shock就是說看到價簽上的價格，被嚇到了，對不對？
JESSICA: That's correct.
FF: 說起來，那天我去商場裡買手機，When I saw the price, I got major sticker shock. 那價格讓我大跌眼睛。這麼貴，純屬宰人! 對了，“宰人”在美語裡怎麼說呢？
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!
JESSICA: You can also say rip someone off.
FF: Rip someone off？我明白，就是“衝某人要高價，宰人一刀”。那我要是說“我被人宰了”，就是 I was ripped off，對不對？
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! 這手機是網上買的，才1000塊!
Jessica: Wow! That's a really good deal!
FF: 那是! 哎？怎麼回事？手機怎麼不動了？Jessica 你看看，what's wrong with my phone?
Jessica: Let me see ....The phone is dead. It's broken.
FF: 啊？壞了？我，我昨天才買的!
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 就是形容質量低劣。嘿! 氣死我了! 買了個劣質品。
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, 當動詞是 rip someone off；第二，形容價格高可以說 something gives me sticker shock；第三，形容質量低劣可以用 shoddy。
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