Hey, dad, remember that time you were getting ripped off?

老爸 还记得被人敲杠吗？

Come on, Neil. Let's hear some examples. Then we can go for lunch somewhere that doesn't rip me off!

快点，尼尔。我们一起听几个例句吧。然后我们可以找个不会敲杠的地方吃午餐吧！

We don't know Whether he's Soviet backed, or just a ordinary Burandan with an eye for the main chance.

我们不知道他是仗苏联而来还是个只为了敲杠而来的普通布兰达人。

The second situation I wanted to talk to you about is called a rip-off.

我想跟大家说的第二种情况叫做敲杠。

" To gouge" (gouge) here means to hurt someone by charging a very high price.

在这里，“敲杠” （gouge）的思是通过收取非常高的价格来伤害别人。

They ripped us off like no country has ever been ripped off in history.

他们对我们敲杠的程度，历史上没有任何国家曾经历过。

How is he? Not so good, Simmons and I gave him a wedgie.

他好吗 不太好 被我和西门斯敲杠。

What! ? They are totally ripping us off!

什么? ! 他们绝对在敲杠!

Masa is defending himself against this criticism that he is gouging or jacking up prices.

Masa 正在为自己辩护，反驳他被指责敲杠或抬高价格的说法。

" To gouge" (gouge) means to charge more money or to raise the price on something much higher than usual.

“敲杠”（gouge）收取更多的钱或把某物的价格抬高很多，远高于平时的水平。

Today many people associate economic change with deteriorating living standards: job losses, being ripped-off, or living under virtual monopolies in search and social networks.

如今，许多人将经济变化与生活水平的下降联系在一起：失业、被敲杠，或生活在搜索和社交网络的虚拟垄断之下。

The problem is that today's bargains are yesterday's rip-offs—and dealmaking was happening at a much faster pace a few years ago.

问题是今天的便宜货是昨天的敲杠——几年前交易的速度要快得多。

A rip-off is usually when you do buy something, but the thing you buy doesn't end up being what you thought it was going to be.

敲杠通常是当确实买了东西，但买的东西最终并没有像想象的样。

If you were to buy a dozen eggs from someone and when you got home and you opened it and there were only ten eggs, you would say that was a rip-off.

如果从某人里买了一打鸡蛋，当回到家打开它时发现只有十个鸡蛋，会说这是敲杠。

So you buy something for a dollar and you sell it to someone else for 50 dollars, some people would say you are gouging them, you are charging them way too much money.

所以花一美元买的东西， 然后以五十美元卖给别人， 有些人会说在敲杠，要价太高了。

Some people have suggested that maybe it comes from processing wool, you know, like picking at wool to get the the little debris out, but it may well come from the idea of fleecing.

有人提出，这个词可能源自处理羊毛的过程，就像梳理羊毛以去除小碎屑一样，但它很可能源于“敲杠” 或“欺诈” 的概念。

Ah, I get it now! We use the expression it leaves a bad taste in your mouth when we have a negative experience and feel bad or angry about it afterwards – like being ripped off in a restaurant!

哦，我现在懂了！当我们经历了一件不好的事，之后对这件事感到生气的时候，就像在个餐馆被敲杠一样，我们会用" it leaves a bad taste in your mouth" 这个表达。