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。 . [" a! v& ?# D# x1 [; N ! _3 g6 P! @/ g! _: xM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?, I, a+ V @ g0 P: ]' @
9 {1 r5 J+ X* @, d4 x8 {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！ 1 \6 _( r: K% [& @4 i# W! I+ Q( h ) p8 O3 c1 {3 NM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.5 n7 u% s8 w# C$ Z; o7 E: U! d
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? ' @3 Q2 \; a, I h2 G: J9 F0 V3 _9 t/ J8 l8 ~M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". / {9 J! R* v- ?8 x" i/ u, d$ r7 e, B
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？ $ b( n) N3 [* G/ u3 ^* h3 k8 j9 x+ _0 f) ^/ g Y- k0 L
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... 3 _ U9 M! J& ^5 u: y ; b% W+ \& ]6 m& X4 _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？. ^5 z% n8 R! h! k& q) r
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. + q8 u3 W( k% s3 \8 y * |1 l' ?1 o- ?% ]4 p2 fL: 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！ ' A4 w( S V% ]6 k* F4 F: b* N: F7 z; N( ^- m
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. # w1 _% Y V+ W- R" y! h2 b2 w5 U- F8 a1 }1 {1 Q" n1 [
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！ # E+ q4 r; ?: a# P2 p2 v& q! Z, `: M; f' `) V& ~2 [/ j+ U
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!; D5 D& V3 A1 s5 H* {
# u+ |7 B! v5 A9 N1 y; n1 p0 LL: 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! * a' Z& z, R: n7 M7 m; J' S5 X 1 ]8 A( m; k8 X8 X* {M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! - u4 x3 [) {& }# N, ]9 Q) B + U2 c% h: Q { R: r V; _L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 5 M1 E/ D9 b0 D1 y7 w) Z& x7 b3 j' P/ _& [5 x# o+ \. W
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！% L- X1 a8 \. i9 b- T P
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L: 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！ ' o% T. E8 y9 z. H, X1 I3 F4 J% [0 l6 W$ O
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!% g2 Y0 b* R: H6 G2 B5 O
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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。 ; B. l8 A% N9 R4 o) T4 M& R7 ]2 B. _& |9 v, z+ f- t; {$ s6 X* w
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. 7 ~9 ?8 F; m" u8 O5 ?) D R: S% x/ B# E6 L
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？- Q) F( {/ o& s: f
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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。 ; E+ e7 G$ W% r9 E0 k7 K G1 w+ _( Z; `, Q1 T% B) d
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 7 A& S# J* Z4 s+ P! ?) J# r+ ^8 H' Q# ]* R
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！+ g/ }( f* Q. x0 \ P$ s2 v
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2 h/ k2 I. q9 V: l ^ F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。 0 ~/ X5 N( V1 T! qAudio as following:2 P% i$ u1 C5 F& R
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