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。( h% ~- l( T; N' q& A. {3 c, W/ G
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?; U* L5 A9 n5 }* }" `, T" L
& R, ~* J7 ?' @9 l9 uM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks." b4 f# s$ n4 M1 }$ O- o+ u
9 o5 h, g! @6 E* q$ P9 }L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? " [! M8 O; S6 B: n7 m 3 y4 u. q& k" j! \1 c9 mM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". . b" {. K( R: p$ d : ?: K' C/ ?4 RL: 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？ , ^! T- _9 l& l( P# u0 b1 r ) O6 r; q) B9 ^; ^7 TM: 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.... A; T, N2 C/ P+ L
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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？# G! R G c2 b W" n+ M
4 U, P$ ]8 p2 S' iM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. & u+ D9 Q4 T# @5 a( G3 e" K, ?$ x F6 B* \+ k
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！ 7 N2 S' m( T9 Q1 D' v2 P$ ~4 ^' ~* o5 P
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. & q9 Y4 u& L4 N% Q * w2 _" Q" t9 ]' \' g! pL: 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！ " T& D: m( h/ D% j2 `, n" Z: @8 d. D+ i' I, W
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! " A: @3 {' c& k3 R( E % ?& f% M. W3 H6 E4 H( J2 N! cL: 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!: M* i! ]) y* F0 I% r
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!0 o k, i; ^" F6 K4 a
4 I9 A% @. F$ r) X7 W. DL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 * z7 d. ~7 U# W' p7 ^" [3 [+ [ x: j0 M1 \& `' m* j$ [# q p+ Z* r4 g& P
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) ; W% P% c* k3 Z/ C : h- f: G1 O6 x% P+ \& KL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 5 X# s8 p7 ]$ E2 @7 e& S) M- ~) f9 D6 G6 D" C- Z: P, B; @2 S2 [9 j
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. & y D( H/ u4 m# k2 x, {5 W/ w. Q: K$ T8 J h# q
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！ 5 `! ^7 q+ ]6 _/ ` . G% X3 f) M2 a! t& @, {: B/ d( y. F! {& fM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!) e+ f% q# a, [8 X& x
6 ~! x4 k2 K2 f K2 T" fL: 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。 ( X$ a5 E D) ~! h2 W / h! M% o$ {. H% Z" d/ SM: 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.) n0 \ m+ b6 d9 k0 P
+ b* r2 o+ Z; d* M# o2 n I- y; FL: 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？ % [( F6 s0 }. ~- N ( Q) I X3 v1 E. k: |4 B) [M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 6 _7 H% m# q8 [ ; f4 k# q& x& w( i" ]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。& G* L; o1 T- P; `* ~" @
$ |4 u7 Z; u8 Y! B. _" DM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!$ f4 f) f# l6 O# R& i
2 b6 z3 B% f8 rL: 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 ]' y! }# b4 W: e8 D0 q* h% _ ) x# u9 ?% ?! f" H) u* dM: Whatever! ) k' C n( b/ _( q, [7 Z" y 4 [% z1 A3 G1 Q: A1 t1 [- n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。 $ j& D. P2 f& kAudio as following: C9 f" O* |' _4 B
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