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。 # ^! R- o* h9 h" }7 ]+ X# ]# I, q 0 h, u# S/ q x+ YM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?; I5 O& T S8 `" P
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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！- k3 s9 F1 k- q5 V' F D7 n; q
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 2 S' d5 _) G$ z, F# B / W: |) ~& H- f& eL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? / c1 [/ ~8 B3 `/ e" Z% R0 m6 Y* L/ p2 g# v! a
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 9 g+ e. \8 R) e4 z0 y5 C 3 B0 Z, [; H! V6 y+ [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？/ {( p9 r! T U1 n. J. ]- w( [* I
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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... `0 [! i3 Z4 Q% j- u2 x1 f
/ Q- }2 A% E$ L, j8 v& ^7 OL: 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？ 2 N/ Z# _% E V( |8 \$ b: Q8 |; z! P2 F, x6 X6 |
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 6 ^! |. c; K" e " W: n3 {, V8 y9 z9 SL: 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！9 Y6 I6 ^3 ^# I# ^; G
% H+ Y( F4 q' I: K3 {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 ~, ^: s, e* x9 v+ T M& i) n% v( N. B8 a
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！ - {' n- J/ d; S' F" w ' s0 U" [7 g) H& AM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ) o J, f0 K ~' r, Y, z C& y9 T 8 m& n3 @2 h% K7 ]0 G I( GL: 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 M% ]! Y! O/ @ L 8 {9 V! Z: l0 g, g: E, mM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 3 l: n, r/ m8 Z8 U2 L 4 O. g5 J, n" U) L( fL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 . g5 U! x' V7 x, s B0 t% R ) ] C* R" p, c+ J(Michael和李华看完电影以后)1 L t1 I/ Q+ `( T* N8 q
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ q$ t( P: s3 P
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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. ! c6 g8 s7 C* y8 X- D + @% ^/ q6 L" {3 e% T/ |0 pL: 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！ 0 Y; w5 |1 Q/ \5 l$ r+ ?- K: c }- ^0 A8 b
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! . D( c2 r1 Z8 I4 ~9 q4 {1 t# L5 g) y- c( k2 v8 j, R
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。, [. s. G: s8 c2 Y) r$ l% f2 H, o# z
. v( V2 n" ~, c) P% p& 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. ; K x6 E$ J% U, x2 A9 @$ L; Y% i) x7 ]$ p+ Z+ x: Z
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？) ^. K; m5 H7 U: p7 }
- L6 q8 [% L2 C) P( y' \0 GM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 4 ~8 X% `" Y' { d' |9 h2 \6 K8 z) r1 z, T* J2 K* f
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。8 U, K- n% Q# n) R- n) |
7 C! Y: V# i" v- d, QM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!# `! j5 r0 r* p& Y4 k& R
& i' \( K+ e5 q7 v. r6 _, x' z5 ZL: 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！* }% T2 a e% O) s
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M: Whatever! * i) |. m; }6 `" T ( s+ O6 n N9 g. k8 x, l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。 ]# x* Z& ?2 I% j7 P
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