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 A3 V# w) [" j : @. c3 d% T( L3 U2 |* bM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 8 G. K5 F( v5 L7 Q5 Z+ e. U( d( b# [. x) a
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！* \9 c! b- h9 c. h6 ^% ]/ c+ e
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. + z/ X# x6 p$ k8 @% C 6 V( q* B$ j1 ^L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?: |2 J9 ]+ j S" ^! W* s
, u' r1 ^* t1 E: ?" Y2 KM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ( V) ?4 a$ o8 q( l+ M& C3 r2 O* { F/ o, U
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？: j# X) f3 M$ N* n; T; F) y& e
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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.../ B9 u* n6 w2 J3 G2 N. N5 I0 `# x
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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？2 B: r1 |% T, h* M5 K4 B
3 D/ r- _6 s3 d. F: e u: l4 ?M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. - K. y6 Z( c- @0 w9 h$ i7 G5 M0 a; N$ A _
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！ - r. V, K, T6 M2 n ( |0 L+ r8 t1 V3 D; f7 ^& {M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. # o. U4 N8 q/ c: L2 r5 t/ c% j8 ^: D0 K: K [' K. M, q0 F) j
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！) |3 J2 R# z# d/ o
5 }, v7 R3 }, e9 s& B. i2 j9 SM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!* V0 s) J0 S: R1 @( z2 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!$ \# |- X' }1 V" y4 O; c6 c
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!$ ~, a! P. q' i
+ Q) }6 {; @8 ?5 e/ E" _: H" HL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 / b2 ]8 |4 G6 e7 J( L( w4 V" ~
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) ' X* L4 s1 e" s: `- w ! w2 z% r1 Z/ T2 C$ |; x0 sL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ) D* m6 N2 X( a$ [1 n9 d+ h ' i0 ]6 `$ ]2 c g; fM: 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. q4 [& \8 z, @( ^
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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。5 ~. X y4 g- |- V" ]
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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./ G( g' F8 u+ R. |
/ q# K/ A1 {( b" FL: 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？ 8 @% F% k2 n, J/ X4 S ! T2 @2 m% m$ cM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. " e" B/ Z" g+ ~( {. C( N2 v# n" g! @" Y. `
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。( a) J! s+ h3 l4 y+ o6 R% t
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& N3 M; w+ R1 W' z7 y0 iL: 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！ - M1 f5 s% Q0 j2 r: e. s5 e M* p1 v C
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7 @" y0 t) S V/ c$ F# D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。 ! o$ b9 L. C6 l- e& q9 Z# X, CAudio as following:+ v P' }) N3 W
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