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。 ! ^& i5 g- ]6 W+ |1 L! e 9 Y+ a: a e$ ^7 [' k, XM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?2 Q3 V" |. l. s: _
2 C/ o4 X9 U# s9 X$ Q2 pL: 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！ # R4 P* t3 d* D; D/ e+ k' a3 V r& L8 _# _
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.. A7 U* X2 l+ }6 ]0 ]. b$ c
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?+ J" X4 V6 H! G$ Z6 O+ G, T
S4 ^3 I' \" Z) L, X' e5 w( GM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar"./ v) M7 u: _4 H$ S# Y3 L% R8 u
. K7 ?3 m I! s6 m4 K1 fL: 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 a. ~, M# C1 j0 P% z' K* ~# y 8 I7 x/ G1 y+ R: m- O& X' EM: 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...+ h# L k5 _" o2 r% e( x
% t' X! g4 V y7 l4 h; ~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？ D4 K4 {" [$ d 9 ^& R( m' I4 T( IM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.9 p. A. G( @' {* I
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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！ , N$ @+ l N& w# k; | 9 i }4 I# i* t' V7 @+ A: H4 i. ]M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ( E/ d8 G# V5 A _5 m/ W/ l- C& o8 b* k; S) O" X- Z
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！3 L! w: d/ i' G: N$ N
; c- ~$ c I8 qM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 1 x6 p+ k8 Y r6 X8 g+ q, B - P; D1 z& e- H; o8 EL: 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! - r+ s3 h+ f# N3 o - A% f$ A! u9 s2 aM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!; b' p: a( q p! h6 e' R
- C; g2 \1 p, L5 M0 ^, ?3 I, Q. CL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。% f( s# n0 w! S' e8 u( ]1 y. z
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！3 [5 ?+ }# ?8 K
! {1 \3 f, k& n# y/ @+ K: QM: 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. 2 K" s0 k1 r! ]! ]& s/ r0 H . F+ W! f: v' DL: 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！; |) S) z/ f: Q( v* H1 i2 a
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 9 c' w" S# V! y0 P* l/ x7 b) q( F( Q" D: K/ m( a! F) c
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。 / N2 H+ |/ N+ E- T* d4 O# D3 Y & l# p% Z! P# b' t* zM: 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 O+ \, s, _1 e$ }
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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？ 8 {5 G; i I/ N2 _/ j& E8 k% |& Q G3 k& _
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.8 O% ?- E% `/ Y* 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。# M& J7 ] Y& g, M
- n4 O! D: }2 l" [, y) H$ vM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 6 x5 r! n' f* @/ H2 z8 A( u5 M* ~) M5 p
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！# D; y% g9 i- l5 L6 l1 a" M
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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。 9 I- M; M. R1 m$ Y; gAudio as following:+ v: t0 { H/ J3 B' G: P& A' ^+ m
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