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。 0 O* u9 C5 W; q; C8 i. w# n) e' v0 k0 m8 `
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? `& ~# a1 C% d2 ^% i. C' E9 _& a) g6 t" s
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！# F4 Y8 ]( B; k
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?& Z5 V3 m0 C, |0 I
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".# u5 Y+ r% j: f' \
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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？* _5 `& k; i) b% K( ~" _% G5 F
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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...7 {9 _, ]- l5 J+ o6 |
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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？+ p& \7 F; M: J- n3 ^! k
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.4 }/ H2 u$ a- Y6 i+ o( u
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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！ . z- d C0 K0 U" e" z ! T) _7 S* f6 `$ T+ VM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ( f/ U% {/ y7 V4 C b5 o & \1 n. K e/ b9 G& [* cL: 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！ ' V" {3 o+ u3 N " I9 v9 V( a, H8 V# _3 T+ MM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! " Q$ F/ T" ^% u3 @" f! y) B; A! X" E4 T0 J0 }2 X
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!7 ~! f1 V) G5 g {
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 9 A" W- k4 O( p) @+ W+ T - Q% e# T% L8 b9 `: v' |9 _6 jL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。$ u6 n' J, W& @5 L
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ " c) j( L* a- J. Q 0 n$ h: p% j4 T- y& t3 BM: 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./ h6 @ W) v# l7 [* V1 d7 f1 f8 o
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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！ # j }6 ~/ @( N# h' { b9 |% O$ A8 ` 1 Y$ P/ e' [4 x' v( n4 Y; cM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 6 U' [8 P0 L' w+ i9 X / U/ E4 s* U) u& s1 }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。0 p' X" G; A5 {6 N- Z' S
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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.+ f; e0 `/ ~6 C+ d
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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？% i. V0 z. C! S4 n+ h- M. d6 x* `, p
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! - g0 S' |: o& v6 p+ p) c # _- |: g7 D5 A" l$ K' TL: 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！ ! @$ K9 G' S! m" H1 p & o3 X$ {$ T! u7 X/ m- gM: Whatever! 0 [/ r7 e3 v% A 1 C& S+ c% f9 h. w7 K8 C: O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。 1 {$ ?7 S6 ]0 n) w0 X' jAudio as following: 4 Y2 z/ ~* m2 e2 c2 |: a
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