* e% ?4 h* h) |) V, f$ Y# YM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? / }$ { I$ E6 y: J' ]7 c2 ~* d9 Z* ]9 K) `4 q4 l
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 [: I7 A: l8 ]* ^. l+ F; q9 ^: f + X- m6 Z* w2 Y' Q# KM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 1 q5 d {) E) F# l& {4 }' n6 U. }. ~2 p7 a7 {. a, Z! R
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?3 y7 n/ M% x/ L& R/ X" t5 [
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".4 ?. X) B7 n7 R& Q t
5 M" o6 T, A# D- D; q! qL: 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 V) d* [: }) g5 x, q
- r& ^9 u8 A" x( R+ @$ _. w2 dM: 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( V( f1 o! C/ v6 Z 2 T$ _+ d ~( e6 ML: 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？( S' K) e$ i2 u8 e; d8 w3 o
& ~1 s6 c! H& I* L& h, MM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 0 F* V; L- g' Q# B& N7 J" A2 n9 A* V& q0 n. ?& E6 m! l/ r
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！0 t, A5 O9 a: h$ N- R
( `. `# h0 e; AM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. / U8 Y9 z/ Y2 B$ G8 r7 I3 N" t5 _) p) c* \
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！ 4 M3 W* X3 u% k( \' ?- N / y8 Q1 V# Q( T- L2 n& t, }M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! B; ~# T+ D4 r; j P0 Y: W
" [# E4 q% V" ]1 S' {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! p, b* K9 E% g5 E
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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。 8 l. y2 [; H2 i& j2 g# a5 X. d p+ K$ |7 d# O: `- b- q
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！/ i- ]4 B6 M8 p$ 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. 3 v4 i- h6 X: J* [( n; o+ v2 Y3 m. Q2 o U1 {- b9 u, j
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！3 C3 f( X- {4 i' ^( @' p
' T5 I; w$ N& WM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!" E! Y6 X) q+ D s, l, F
9 g8 r$ U' J. ?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。' U3 e. c2 ~2 A8 i; s
" j5 B7 T( _+ n% |& r% yM: 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." o7 j! T9 J2 w- j8 o
$ @$ n: y4 R+ |8 ]1 \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？ # _ h6 M n5 B7 D* }5 r " \6 e% `( K, A& r( _M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.$ Z& D- Q& _! I3 g
6 ?8 Q2 ~1 O0 g4 @" I/ LL: 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。 T9 l' r Q# s. G' z
: b, [9 |- S+ X3 t" OM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 5 ~$ I9 L4 C# |% d6 ^" Y" |6 v4 _3 j7 B0 B- v
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. |0 V0 b7 Y( o/ D* B& u# `" T7 o; A/ a( W' F b- Z8 ?
M: Whatever! 7 b1 c' a7 ^( s4 D- J# X; J- ]! f5 ?- u' N6 }
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。1 C/ e: f( k4 n" a- B4 A$ p
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