6 `7 F& A$ G8 X1 \1 r7 `' ]' z4 L6 dM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?$ W+ f1 z/ f+ X4 Y. R9 c
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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！ : M K. \' c p; Q! y/ ^( P( Q5 A ( F. J7 s6 R6 k& a$ VM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.9 g$ d0 f0 {7 R. h8 N0 s
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? w- ?+ D# [, a$ u& r, q% o9 o' V( _( K' w! K
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". - P7 M$ k9 D- ^/ t. R) |! y4 ~2 I/ v& I& B/ N5 M
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？ 0 ^+ t7 g" M# M/ ]# @* f. B7 `- e/ F; T9 Z6 Y1 I+ U
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 v% M) C( I# D# \
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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？ & J1 M* H7 \% q! s7 F# @0 ^( w9 Z W& F* O4 t" q
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.' o3 U8 O9 x7 q% o3 A3 a( i. R6 i
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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！- Z, D( a9 W# o) Q
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! & F+ X, D. Q( ^0 m3 N/ s & j2 e6 n7 n5 s. d* j: ]" w. kL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。7 B+ d. c! d; K" q/ t4 b5 O2 q
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！& _8 v+ y; {4 Q4 j3 [* n
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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. ( w2 U% F" `+ T2 A! y6 r 4 x7 y: h- g G' N' JL: 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！ - @- C0 ?- E4 D0 e0 R# `, }. E) |/ J% q5 N6 Q* p
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! * P f- F, B3 H' X2 O 9 T! y' c# F$ R8 `2 C( 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。 ' t- o R1 X$ |/ z , f5 |+ {; z# j4 l% u0 u( XM: 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. 6 D5 p) J# j: r) o0 D8 x, C4 `: ~% p, h- {
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？2 ^. a* S& h5 X9 g ~4 T
# }! ]. C6 A( x' u [! O, WM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. y+ W" D$ I: M0 V$ A! z* }
, U% h# ^. Y2 Q) w# R7 h2 AL: 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。 & L E) X4 S/ e! h+ P1 M / Q. V0 l' S/ v& {; a* nM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 8 A- U- @+ d* U/ k" E: z$ E, r0 f- P/ O* S5 N! a2 e
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！ }; B$ b$ J2 G9 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。4 P7 U( x0 j; \/ H5 L( y' S
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