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。. A. u" @3 d, A0 {) `5 S
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?$ ~. T) S& j9 o& s+ S- r( F
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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！/ I9 u% ^; v* U$ n# |
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.: a. `' o& D, V0 N
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? ( n$ D1 p. P, S4 d: R4 p R. c1 i( T8 g3 r* F! }& m2 m
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 4 C( F- z/ y( o O) g, c5 @0 r ( { h' Z8 T+ @! c7 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？ ' ?& f# \$ k. D5 A. @ * F' N7 `/ Y2 R* k' K+ H3 ?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... ' T' ?, P- N0 m) } $ N; u9 g% b& d2 M# L( r; r5 ]+ ^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？+ n; t; ?& N9 U, a4 J% f B
; O5 A! ~7 \. F0 n' F. \1 Y9 ^M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples." J; Z& p+ r* m
' P$ H5 e: A& h6 X& BL: 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！6 q! z+ L% h+ @) j3 I6 @
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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. 2 M: i. {8 O5 r$ u0 J1 \& d- ` 3 T3 |7 `3 x% ~/ t; w4 P3 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！ . o- F- d' w* A' Q/ G4 C7 x: p" ~0 o# K$ Z. F, ^0 y, `
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!* h; X6 a' y8 E" P/ N
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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!5 u! n5 ] N" i% H
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! K3 ?, m% d: z" Z; D" X
& Y( X" E5 R& a/ H5 iL: Michael，这电影可真棒！1 ?: z. d6 E% @+ ~. T3 N
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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 O/ n* k% N4 U0 i! O* c4 X* O / S: I% H4 A# \# r$ _M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!) A9 w8 N. v Z/ B: @, T$ }& ^( i
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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.( x6 M+ ]/ l, O1 ]+ q
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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？ 2 G1 h+ e' m" h+ a+ ^* |2 k5 H) g+ G) f9 L& r& Y
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him./ K* U9 [# {" i5 A: S+ M
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 8 D* U. j2 M+ y/ O+ S Y8 G% v, M* w6 O! m. Z$ L& A* A, m
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！5 O# ?' u$ K* w f/ V; `
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M: Whatever!: X9 s/ S2 [/ e$ }
# l5 F. W0 B, C7 I* o v: 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。2 \5 v7 g. e* Q9 g
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