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么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是方方要問的：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!

JESSICA: 這手機很貴吧？

FF: 商店里賣5000塊呢!

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

FF: sticker shock? sticker, s-t-i-c-k-e-r, sticker, 是商品的價簽，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，那天我去商場里買手機，When I saw the price, I got major sticker shock. 那價格讓我大跌眼睛。這么貴，純屬宰人! 對了，“宰人”在美語里怎么說呢？

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“沖某人要高價，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？怎么回事？手機怎么不動了？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.