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。( @# O* _+ T# g8 v
+ O" x) O3 D/ F6 K. x8 |M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?! U3 \2 C, h2 Z* @, b0 }' ?$ i
3 W) E8 V1 R6 h' g/ ZL: 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！ 3 h, r- n+ I1 U0 J7 ?& {* C* v) t/ q& y
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.4 P0 J1 N9 |0 i9 Q' J
+ w' f% ]4 t; }( hL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? e0 w D( f, @7 d t5 J& z9 ^7 F O; i+ V2 R3 |
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".$ F' ^5 n$ U2 L, 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？4 B" n. Y& n; P; @
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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..." q |+ x7 ]0 Z/ _% ?
* s8 `5 L: r: V# \( |9 a4 ZL: 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？ % B0 l$ H$ i0 L2 ^1 N1 ` 6 z% Y% E' A" f. K% l) l7 ZM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.0 U' W: `4 X" x& c. U% _' f0 @
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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！: B$ ^% D" O6 V4 G y. F
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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. ' T+ r1 H& s d% X. W5 @2 G3 B p ?, P: n* s- s7 o9 K1 fL: 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！ : k. l {/ M0 u& z* o+ A" V6 S* J9 ] W0 \2 c% k
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!& T5 y4 l! Y, i( ]; I
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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!, y2 G; [1 S: j5 T3 s% o
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 4 f6 _, J2 Z1 |7 `4 M* h; a8 O q& t7 h" n5 U5 A3 K
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 ! u( y, C" `3 D; C S9 J x) ?% s% N n( X, U$ W
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) * C; x) q4 {6 s! ~+ d : i1 P# C( R' x" U* z5 ^L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 7 K8 Q% u+ |. P: C' O* ]: }0 ]' p% ]9 Z* o, o* H
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.8 a5 R5 I7 \% O0 G1 g
9 Y. N O4 [" ]6 j9 l8 O9 A- ~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！ . X0 W8 b6 X3 }2 H/ k) V/ T% h" T2 }7 O8 }6 {1 l- g" M U
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ( l; [, }7 \% C$ R4 t" k' R1 l* A- L& G M# p0 |; @
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。 / Y! A# s3 T* k) f# b ' s* C8 _4 h$ G) T) PM: 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. % G4 ~, B9 s% t) n' v9 @/ j; L % @8 N" O/ i" N( h) cL: 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？5 o- [/ q) B3 v/ e( n g
% L8 n3 U' K" O/ fM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 2 A: c! ~1 O2 K( n6 B- c. R ; u" ?8 ~9 z6 ~1 _, ? y! J* _. pL: 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。4 o" @ s1 e. N. b
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 3 w! T& J) t5 ?' T% V9 j7 ?- V! J+ k9 }9 y' e% f* q4 W5 r# W( [
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！ D% }, q7 o) L- T0 a1 j% r
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M: Whatever!4 f/ k8 ~% a# c
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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。$ q" r4 V' c9 f9 q3 \9 S* k8 w8 ?( w
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