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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！$ }, p$ b0 M% F9 e' A; t$ u
/ A* t. z$ X5 ~/ ] P& W7 UM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. * w: ^/ E2 r) M! t: g& o! s 4 a2 X7 {* l7 v' F4 v3 A. b VL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? + u* z3 {" O; S) i7 x O2 s) c$ p7 |% z
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". + Z. c- T# c% x7 Y' y % R$ R+ g- [7 w! z/ U% L4 v' C% nL: 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？ * @ l6 _* w% ]1 a. ?/ E0 f6 Q% L& g: O, Q. I
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...' b8 W6 u" x0 }$ M, O/ T
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M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example." D% L- N# F `# }
. M0 |5 f& Z( b6 e! m0 sM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 1 v: c9 v4 y2 p3 `5 K ) U8 Y$ b) m) Z6 C1 `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!8 S8 d7 |! e0 n7 S
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5 q+ H. B3 M/ ]1 E9 }+ O5 yL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ , h; h- F* p3 {0 l- a9 `: F $ h8 }9 r$ ^( G6 A& r G+ OM: 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./ @; O5 ^! J3 K |$ \& r; Q
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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！ ( Y# e* [9 F$ ` k: \) S8 q : A% K; g% f7 ^/ u$ qM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!3 L; K4 }( `, I2 \+ X7 h
+ w. z7 q& s+ s* }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。 ; h6 d8 Q( E x 8 S# T+ i/ m9 M) A2 v# w' }8 J! mM: 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 v) X( f; ~; [ 6 Z1 |5 n3 g6 o# j4 rL: 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？, }- s5 _: L" m0 ^/ R6 I$ ~
( G; u& [, W0 e# ZM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. + \1 _# e* X0 c8 z% y% Z+ Q) ?! | ' z/ d1 E/ M* U& X% dL: 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。* q: [2 H6 r: E* q" p
4 K% I5 y. ^) y& s: m; jM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ! x" r) a9 h$ f9 h- X/ \6 y! }/ b 3 X6 H( s, x6 B ~) {5 xL: 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！ 3 M& E# O q+ C( z + s8 I, f) ?7 G, a! _M: Whatever! 6 _6 x# \4 J/ F' C+ k: ?0 [( x+ n2 G' B ~3 U/ y8 d
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。 # H/ T: h1 F# K( Q) lAudio as following: 7 n8 A. \. M+ s$ ?
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