3 T8 `# r5 r1 z8 {; }1 @9 pM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?! t$ r2 ?' X" |$ n9 {
) H7 ]8 T& h2 ^# T1 sL: 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！ ! d: w6 e9 ?4 Y; G/ [ " y7 D2 c8 A" yM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 6 t" Y' V& ^* _6 Z: E, u2 |$ _5 z+ t* N) a- L0 K. |
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?4 b5 m8 h2 q: j5 G+ g' Z0 f: Q
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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 |6 X; c, `" x$ Q, t1 k
2 t5 t# ]8 j; {, \# 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... : g0 @) F/ v- v, G # x% X. T/ t. S$ dL: 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？ $ s0 `2 a& |/ o; i) J }) [! \' m' ~4 L+ W: ]0 J
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. # S. r% [3 I; t) j. d& z1 ]( D Z1 V& y1 T
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！+ ]( k% V7 x# S* D' L
+ X" m) c* T% OM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.8 C9 c$ v) _: j/ H# A Q5 N
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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！ ^4 l8 A$ g$ L& Q. F- A: v
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! * {3 N" e7 J! W' n. g" ] ' I) E4 ] {: ^% GL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。2 k- A; G; c) 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！ 5 s" B! a7 ~) B1 n. X3 c# B / k/ P# r, {' X+ H2 EM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!. k5 V3 X' ^' z0 B1 V5 J, U; H
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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。1 s) f' |3 O( J. X: `, Z3 f
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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. $ p8 \" `6 Y2 T# D' u# } 3 W8 ^- h! ?! n) HL: 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？( g* X# U+ m$ m! {7 K% @6 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。 / L F6 r4 S, A# ~& d ; J3 ?5 ]0 a; U# Q) l8 |M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!/ Z7 D4 j* f: P7 J- |
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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！ ! Q% e( g8 ?7 s8 c' E( {2 J) f8 _4 b5 ~; N! D! v
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7 A: j; d+ e8 L8 D4 I% @0 v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。: k1 ?, V! V- F9 ?: ]; z
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