Michael和李华都为今天的考试苦苦准备了整整一个星期。他们俩刚考完,都觉得自己考得不错。俩人决定去看一场电影,轻松轻松。李华会学到两个常用语,一个是:buck; 另一个是:whatever。 . b9 O+ C- g% E- Q x J) j % M+ N2 W9 k. v( p9 F1 p9 O4 v5 UM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?0 Q2 }" ~! [! E! |3 J; q% G
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L: 你说什么?噢,电影还没有开场,你问我要不要买点吃的?嗯, 我本想买一杯可乐,可是买了票,没钱了,算了吧! ' ^# m, U v0 B' c# x9 X: u- J$ D) I! Q M7 ^% G# |# a' l, [# T
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.- p# L/ d: E9 }1 k
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L: 你说什么?一杯可乐不是!.75吗?你说 "only a few bucks"?* m3 r7 \" C9 }- @. L' p
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L: 哟,"buck" 就是"dollar"!是非正式的名称。 嗨,昨天我要买一块 糖,你给我一美元,那我就可以说:"You gave me a buck",对不 对? 5 w( j; @& {% o2 e2 [8 ~3 _* u3 r8 K6 ~
M: That's right. And the other day, I lent you a few bucks for lunch. And last week, you borrowed ten bucks so you could buy a chemistry textbook, and... $ ^+ \0 Y* t2 N" z* Q1 {8 K, z : z- G: }- O6 B. _5 p5 t/ SL: 得啦, 你用不着提醒我,我知道,那天借了你几块钱吃午饭, 上星期借你十块钱买化学书,不就是借了两回吗!你怎么啦,怕 我不还? F6 U1 f) s. _/ c3 C# O+ H
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ! _) n2 y# z6 m & x# ?# p! i9 d1 S, z; qL: 得了吧!要给我举例子,跟钱有关的事多着呢,为什么非要举我 问你借钱的例子!4 J) n1 a, _) c1 V
x: F) e2 |" F( DM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. y' `# \7 t) t- J: W
+ p6 Y7 u5 c9 O- C$ iL: 要我给你举个例子,行,那还不容易呀! 你看我这件毛衣,款 式很新型,纯毛的,还是名牌,你猜多钱?Five bucks!" m7 J% E o! T [; G7 Q+ ?9 N
! x' A' } z& `8 P. h9 ~; l; AM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ; Z5 s2 c! `5 K8 M! f8 R; V4 x 3 c6 \& B2 v5 jL: 清仓大减价嘛! 可是,Michael,我去商店的时候,停车停错了地 方,吃了一张罚票, it costs me 50 bucks!$ |" v; S5 Q6 O4 X: m5 q: U$ @
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!3 e6 T$ a3 D) F* R" C
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后)4 K9 L# v C6 c$ ] E& O0 a. p
9 i# D1 z7 d( U9 v# gL: Michael,这电影可真棒! F3 |; a8 ^/ f1 d: i
$ e7 R9 p& S" P5 b+ ~1 hM: What? Are you kidding? That was the stupidest movie I've ever seen. I would have rather spent the seven bucks on a good meal. % h5 O" \3 w+ Q+ Y0 | $ h& P% l( E7 N2 ~. m: [# g1 AL: 你从来没看过这么傻的电影?你宁可花这七块钱去好好吃顿饭! Michael, 你真怪!我非常喜欢Piers Brosnan,他长得多帅呀!1 i& O. ~/ H( O- J/ {6 z; O7 u
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!, r( l& M0 E$ |# b4 V# J
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L: Michael, 你说 "whatever",在这里是什么意思呀?比如说:You can buy whatever you want." 意思是:你想买什么都行。可是,你 刚才说一个字" whatever",口气不同,好象意思也不一样。 ' K% e4 p' W! K) w. f$ U# T4 V6 Y; g% W* A& g- \; t `: m& X6 X
M: The word "whatever" I said is the same as in your example, But when someone says "whatever" like this: "whatever," he is being sarcastic. He thinks what you just said is nonsense. " X4 X1 T6 b# F9 O/ p ' n- d1 F( a" _. P5 O& F/ j: oL: 噢,原来是这么回事。你说的whatever和我举的例子里的 whatever 是一个字, 可是,说的语调不一样就表示说话的人在讽 刺对方,认为对方说的是废话。好,又学会一个词。不过, Michael,你不喜欢这部电影是不是你认为Piers Brosnan不够帅? 你 是妒忌他吧?% ?5 h& `# R* u( F: u+ J: e0 S2 Q
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M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 7 `" h% G5 g8 I+ p! z* W% d0 b' ?7 h! J0 q0 j
L: 得了吧!对,Piers Brosnan年级不小了,也比以前胖了。可是我 认为他还是很帅。你自己不也比以前胖了嘛。 ) C' p. C" ]3 J0 | % V- R" }4 M( n. b( T6 k) ^8 JM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! , K( s4 p5 w7 e7 _* Q# A$ U3 s4 D9 q4 ~- f5 ~' N [
L: 唉,非要说看这部电影是浪费七块美元。 得了,Michael, 你还是 省点钱吧,没准我下回还要问你借呢! ( q& M; L* n7 e8 \5 e % y6 K# Q9 N- V" O/ D1 gM: Whatever!: c; K6 I. |( P! k, _$ E+ J+ z7 P
o# v* \0 ?: M" {) @* @. p1 E李华今天学到了两个常用语,一个是:buck,这是指美元;另一个常用语就是:whatever,这是表示说话的人对对方说的话很不以为然,就象中文里说的"得了吧"。这次[流行美语]就学习到这里,我们下次节目再见。) P3 g; j7 S7 Q0 U+ C
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