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。$ ?+ U n' C ]; Q1 G! i: D2 x2 E
1 I/ @3 ~$ Y* P8 U2 H8 X, yM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?9 d; ~# X% x. C3 m
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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！( y2 {. i/ x9 {( w. ~7 W3 P
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks." N. m* E4 K$ f+ f6 s8 O
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?2 c- D9 [) w" a0 @
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0 K& \, K! K1 `9 M4 ?% L: M% @. eL: 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？5 Y' L" ~* I' ]+ O9 k$ ~
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0 `# e9 E$ ~5 o, _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？ : r" c, ?' m. d0 }( K2 A 8 T" `; j3 x5 CM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.2 [# W4 C! I E k% k: D/ }% o
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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！ 1 X" H4 }* a" T9 U& v! g. s5 l) \+ U. h* Y
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. * ]" g! }1 L% j- ?/ ?" ~! m& ?) [- J2 f5 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！ , L8 I7 S# s5 F* e8 T& J- i' C/ h* V, U9 x: t
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 1 S+ R7 d4 a& |# ?) _5 ] 2 c: E3 Y+ f* K! Z) C6 o: yL: 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! / [* E3 f' ]5 s6 F. n/ s 6 s* V% G% E* c, [M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ' K* K9 t. o' M8 @) o. d 3 H" F0 x# I+ s( TL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 / h, A j7 ?" [" H7 I2 Y' K' x5 B" X6 t8 a* l
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！7 }: m. m# k+ H1 w; r
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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. # x5 w4 J8 D$ Y& \( @$ F. [, g3 L+ M0 S7 W! D8 @" B% G
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！ ) A6 a, C( P: x- f3 y6 V) j8 t$ D1 ]7 ^& w
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!- L- \: b0 U/ H9 m) G
$ p- S% w+ c+ \4 Y1 {2 FL: 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。 - X: q' w. R5 |# p# @1 W0 x1 u& N5 R' R: Z/ t- f5 \% w; S
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 Z+ a8 n' a8 o4 @. Z1 W: Y & A" X$ o4 {2 B7 j# o6 ?* {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？& |. z) b9 H4 J7 Y3 Y
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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. ) P/ g! C( b) e) Y- p- N) c3 J V; j% j& G
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。7 H; S4 h* p2 G) Z, \" ?
" N; U2 _$ k6 n. j- F1 S- IM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ) R, y4 B2 f p3 J ; Z; M7 ~+ o7 c8 d: TL: 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！0 U) q3 ?# ^7 Y3 x
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* ]8 ]( c6 U E% Z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。8 C0 e- D' K! M" J2 r- n! y
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