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。 . w; L. L2 I! e. j9 J$ k) g / V6 Q" d4 {( ~: W9 g/ GM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ( o) U5 a2 R" {1 b 0 o) b& P3 s# b. Q+ u6 M- JL: 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！ ! n8 ], g: Y; ^4 l+ r% F* L: I/ |* D& a
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.7 R3 r* l$ n1 v% M
8 ~. R4 o# S0 [+ D1 PL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?7 C' c H0 ~; _8 j
5 F0 n' A6 ^4 ]8 k8 K. AM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ! o/ S4 U7 L$ {' i' V. T2 p8 h0 c: }
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？ 3 Z3 Y3 C9 F |3 O% P" n# i: G $ `( ~- e) Z4 K5 a8 D( g3 LM: 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...2 m- x* c' ?! A3 \* {
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L: 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？3 Y9 k) i: L& \+ s9 ^% H
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. " N1 m6 Z) e$ v" o) N& K2 \7 T2 Q) ]/ w: N! c8 \ P
L: 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！9 Z5 f4 V2 A7 A, A
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M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.* A6 \" Q4 x( h# g* W8 b T" a
0 k; @4 R5 z; N. d; E/ R' x: p( L# Z- zL: 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！ ' A" w# F- Q8 Q7 T1 C # B; ]& \3 Z& T4 |3 r; GM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!. z$ K0 D$ W0 ?9 u" I
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L: 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!! \! U! W% c7 X) q( F
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!6 i. z+ \7 a( i0 v) l
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L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。- f% `7 u8 l U. t+ r9 n0 F
M8 e& K# m4 g( O3 R- T(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 7 C$ q, A( I! O & d* W2 m( c: O, m, ^# g( W0 I% I4 ^L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ % C v3 S! N, U* `) H' q- ?9 Q! ^# e: w) z6 P0 @
M: 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.5 i$ ^2 w+ {7 Z" P. D% ^
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!5 x4 t- U) t9 F3 ?9 Q, @% \
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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。. F- ?! ?4 \% Z+ `
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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.5 }7 a1 q/ o& I5 U/ F' W! @& O
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L: 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？- {9 l" m- L. N+ @* ~! n
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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. 2 |4 ^; r; ?0 l+ }4 }- g " I9 [6 o/ W' B9 _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。 * L, R: S5 u7 C0 `5 P T 8 t3 e+ U/ G6 J/ W1 iM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!5 ?) \7 |- e( k8 G( d
* Q5 c# X2 `' l2 M; L+ ^$ q, }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！1 q- {/ T+ N c& H u3 z6 p$ \0 W
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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。/ `: g+ N# u+ L5 T# E8 p
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