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。+ |; n" x% e2 f( G) ?% N
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?7 g( T* B* Z5 @$ e0 k8 E) P
) Q1 d. j( F( [2 X* S8 R g, \4 x4 yL: 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！% B+ w- a3 U- z7 P5 V# D9 o
$ I1 n, c' W8 d9 `+ K7 DM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. $ ~; S: u6 z6 v ; ]5 f- n; [" [: NL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 9 L* L0 ?# y$ J. K% K" f$ m& J3 I+ g" q/ ~ ' Q' e: _' D" |* E" iM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".% V4 E- h2 Z; |( H; {
. K* {7 I! F2 x" I3 x1 I4 QL: 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？ % m. Q" Y+ j2 D/ l2 C* g- ^% k* D& Q) i1 J" `8 G
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...! T" ?: W3 q1 Z. p! Y1 I) {% x/ ~" X
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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？5 S4 n; e( F5 |' l2 s, O
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ' @0 U5 O0 {. Y( D- O% \5 r8 V2 V' e+ s/ }+ s: P9 h! [2 ^
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！ % K8 r% a. ^$ f. U. \. j: z5 u
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ) t1 D7 R: }( A$ Q* }4 | / @5 o; O: W* dL: 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！ & ^1 l& b2 Q$ h% O 8 \5 S. m2 x( i, D; `+ b0 I+ v, DM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!! J& `$ C6 G' A! _: u1 Q( M `
0 F- d) ?0 E" w0 Q' }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!9 p+ L* A5 u- P6 R$ N% [
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!" x* l" z2 A/ p4 I R) T
: y9 ^- \; `" ~- Q- U: L7 @! hL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 / s. K( q k2 J. x) M( G5 |3 e' L$ Q! R8 \( K: n4 u! A
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 8 o6 h# c T( l% m- i 6 k: Y H; Z; U- M. q1 {: j5 X; YL: Michael，这电影可真棒！9 g- b3 |* B$ J9 r" `
8 c( \! p3 l+ B6 M8 K I& dM: 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. 8 l X) `, u% `5 f* l 0 E" Q- v, K+ X: f/ rL: 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！ 7 i5 r$ ? G v1 a2 d % q! G6 h3 ?: k6 T5 wM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! n% f, W) X( s5 q: {( |; d6 x9 w& n4 E5 n @* ?* f/ i
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。( `, a: S* X* F, D% q. x) d8 }
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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. 1 T. O7 z0 q$ k9 e# `" o1 m Z5 \: B B# I5 W( Y
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？0 L* D: c9 f: V+ d4 j
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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。1 m0 C) ?* g, z8 I% W
% E1 A7 a4 R3 u1 a; YM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! U1 v+ f3 P; F4 [/ `( c5 p & G6 P" o3 g r1 [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！ 4 O7 S ^, Z$ S$ F2 z / |4 A6 J" z3 p, e, ^0 BM: Whatever! ( {5 s, X, h5 T6 |9 } & h$ Y2 ]! W3 B# ]. T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。 9 L+ ]" O# \3 O" x$ ~Audio as following:5 k& H) y$ s4 f: y0 o
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