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

老爸 你还记得那次你被人吗？

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。我一起听几个例句吧。然后我找个不会的地方吃午餐吧！

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

我不知道他是仗着苏联而来还是个只为了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。

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

在这里，“” （gouge）的意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.

他对我的程度，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。

What! ? They are totally ripping us off!

什么? ! 他绝对在!

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.

“”（gouge）意味着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，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——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.

通常是当你确实买了东西，但你买的东西最终并没有像你想象的那样。

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.

如果你从某人那里买了一打鸡蛋，当你回到家打开它时发现只有十个鸡蛋，你会说这是。

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.

所你花一美元买的东西， 然后五十美元卖给别人， 有些人会说你在，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，这个词能源自处理羊毛的过程，就像梳理羊毛去除小碎屑一样，但它很能源于“” 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！当我经历了一件不好的事，之后对这件事感到生气的时候，就像你在那个餐馆被一样，我会用" it leaves a bad taste in your mouth" 这个表达。