0 H1 V) p+ }8 P0 ^$ PM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?$ K; Q2 \8 Z/ T/ V: L H: X1 {6 @
# e4 o' A9 e# FL: 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！ + A( N9 y( y; ]8 u! r ( d9 A' S# }% i* VM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. , x, _: q7 L4 x# J6 i- ?$ r' D; h ) b' i: R4 b% w5 H. w" i9 V* AL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? |9 ?8 {! p' K l7 Z; C( ]
w. O3 O: @7 P7 o4 q9 ]M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ) i' e' ]7 Y+ i4 q 1 W# U( X/ D0 ^; ]# P5 XL: 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？ ( `! d7 ]: w" j2 E4 s$ N! h( j! E$ T6 v1 ^/ }
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... - J! F& E( M0 b ) ^( U9 j. I2 k; V- c5 iL: 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？( T, ~8 i- D' o
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 8 d! a$ Q4 m/ F% k" r$ C/ W4 c+ r/ _/ \9 d( S' S" O( S, {- i
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！ ) f; ]' T& | f$ u( |3 h: j2 p- r, Y* y t0 t
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. / V8 u6 u; |8 l* C# N! C( C! F$ w/ |: j
L: 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！ + Z6 G+ j2 w$ P' L: q& Z/ j5 x0 b/ t# u5 ?, C T' B- s
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!0 w+ m& Y. A2 e' {0 [
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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!: f% |& t7 Y$ i/ v$ V) D! [) X
3 l8 x% |6 T& m8 s$ rM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!- z4 s' ]1 G; Q7 X3 O* |1 z. o# E
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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。8 f2 @4 E" ~; h( ^8 w
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！6 M3 v- v' T+ K2 p
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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." H) O" i; ?4 E) w
& `; f& d0 c9 C" d: z D5 GM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! " w2 q) u7 l$ H0 Z. C 7 j( |; M, A: e6 T; P0 a$ V3 t) Y2 \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。( h( W D# ^8 o* I r: c' m4 y
7 ?5 a! l F, `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. ) T: A4 ^) l& { . P: I T0 a2 y& | ~( 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？" q" [. l7 _6 D" {* F4 O \
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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. , [, h Q, \/ A! I) q) l% ^' T$ a: k# z
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。: P) q( }/ I+ Y3 F
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!& x" o5 I8 _1 y3 Z9 W' j5 e
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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！ 8 d# v8 f7 p# c9 s+ p, x8 B7 T; s" A
M: Whatever! 7 G: c: }; U# B* U ; g0 n1 p% b+ R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。3 N, P" u1 `3 P! ?/ R. Q1 P* E! l
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