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。 8 U' d4 v% T( f Y0 G' I/ D; q8 K Z8 C4 ]: c
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?- F' Y* W/ c& _# \6 h
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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！ ; t7 s" r y* Y$ f* C' m) u0 v5 w3 \0 z, C" z( f2 e
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.; [5 p H/ Q R9 ~
, q& t+ T/ V6 ^. G7 CL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?1 U$ j4 H x# Q6 H; p( ~! z; C* m
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".& Y: }* n6 I) M. S* B8 N& y$ 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 [: A/ ]0 i/ C7 Y! S _0 U# U
8 R( ^5 _+ l9 N$ HM: 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... " G' }0 o3 f, T8 l* G$ ]: u4 @ 9 M( C& M8 X3 v* ~$ D' jL: 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？& A, n$ E8 g8 H- e6 n* p
' B: @! }7 {5 S7 Y* a' \M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ~7 j4 ]+ f% z5 S- r H0 I6 X) m- k! f: M& o+ E& e3 |
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！5 l# B& k% J: @1 k+ @7 p% ]
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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. 9 J- V: R4 s$ s, @' }" T6 W 9 n. g+ O5 V; w& ]( p. AL: 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！ . Y) N9 f2 Q! x8 z( F* x7 C6 @& L8 o E: n( W
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! $ h4 _# c3 n2 D/ k/ C9 ^5 `$ w$ E4 O; S5 A
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! 4 H, q1 \; e8 F$ t - c2 [5 m& l2 _3 v' ]M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!3 z/ O4 f; v; e3 ]( N) |
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L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 3 C% J5 x5 J# E7 ~- v6 D8 {" Q6 p! {, u) Z
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) / O' L% t6 n: D , G! c6 _$ Y) ? m0 cL: Michael，这电影可真棒！( H* a* p; c$ J& @7 G1 q: X
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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. % F% d7 |! j) ~( i- ^ V0 |; U, K2 J3 y7 o9 J' vL: 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 a7 b. u$ s! M/ d
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 5 G) h! ?( `, p( W4 e- p) r9 j$ S# |
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。 ' {; E2 x" p" B }& ~8 @" F* K+ [$ z
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. w/ Q: ]8 o2 U; r4 F
7 m! s5 \ r+ r& Y# w/ r4 `% eL: 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？' b0 |, s: S0 G/ A% Z% W
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M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. f5 G9 {2 r9 x+ j* t2 q
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ( w8 p' @2 O% r( Z4 @/ S7 p0 k; \6 k1 q$ p: N1 k# `
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！ $ X( g$ ^5 r4 J \$ k9 }( w) D. l' @3 |: W9 c9 \
M: Whatever! $ r* V2 y; T9 R - {, t) u* n u8 Z% b: Y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 d7 y; T/ E2 d
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