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。 7 O0 a4 X9 f* s. t9 i8 w% J ! S9 ^; @% k1 Q* k2 B" g7 xM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?, }8 G0 L. T& C
4 b, J) ?( [' `3 w+ }( Q5 IL: 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！" M' {% E/ k) K S* c
8 A% \5 L3 h" z; hM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ! a/ c% d7 R" Y! b" T) V; |0 y6 C& V
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?) P2 _: c H! @9 V
+ d# k, i j1 ~. S" pM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". & ~: A/ d& a1 I; m7 K' z' n4 e* {# E* }4 o# ~. t& O$ I) e- z/ V
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？ % W9 f, I8 S e* F' `" w0 n: _# { P f1 e; d
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... 8 b0 d9 ?* l: j6 C1 _ $ Z! Y% W9 B" O6 _# K* V" kL: 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？8 `% D; t6 M# i% I: E/ L
$ o! T1 F. D/ F# YM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.0 f2 J8 _: n' v2 [" z
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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！; j6 _8 R: _1 q6 E- R
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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.. Z1 k4 z9 c' [5 @5 g* C
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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！ 9 K% k' U% h/ E9 h2 y. D% A7 ?9 o ~7 f# I# V4 Q& V5 | N. ]3 j
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!1 r) l t# |5 V0 b
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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!2 Q, d# v( N8 }4 o8 |! G0 S1 a t- Q; c
) Y+ j' A( u; C- wM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!6 M! x* ]5 q9 ^4 k# E1 {/ _0 z
. k4 u* L8 e% I' }) x% wL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。! b) `( {# I# _; I. I/ j/ O8 f
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) % g$ e1 J1 D8 A% x% ?/ ~3 w, I2 O U0 ^! D. e/ {' l) U8 C
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！4 u3 m, A! U' g" k1 j
- n: g8 U# J4 m% S) |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.4 G( y2 _# k7 y/ P7 B$ @$ G
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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！/ f C- O# \) A+ Y1 _6 K$ f
7 ~8 ?' L: a. |; H9 G7 uM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 5 v5 N# g5 q/ ]/ {+ z1 Y/ j , S- p$ E: M5 e& I9 _+ eL: 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。 ; e' _$ F" p8 \, ?9 \ X" _- v9 `0 J9 w# D. Z5 B
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.2 g1 o: \1 c+ F' ]2 n5 s
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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？ ( N$ @3 Q1 ^' u; E9 }% m) \- Z; Q! G8 F, e
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him., { `' B: m; ?$ k: I# T
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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。; c/ L+ a1 D: j. n, P; C
* n% e! n K! j& ^+ A6 \7 ?M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! $ v5 j- e( {4 j' V1 y% J+ Q3 ^, a7 [7 G2 L' x1 u
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！ ( E4 }. ^7 _4 Z" o% B; [9 O. }5 N% m, l" p, V0 H
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% `, w, w5 N0 P' s+ t! i- J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。0 B' R$ J8 C: g! A& @$ O5 u. n
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