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。7 J6 F4 z' `: C$ P6 D: P
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? # b+ k* L, f& v" @; v2 k* U0 u: V9 | Q- T6 x+ W
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！ + T; V/ d' i$ A; S O' q0 r/ s1 U' VM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 9 z, G' d9 U2 u1 [ & b9 W! C4 ^6 q/ `; N \' W- s/ X( SL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?0 m. X9 U9 r! \- o' R [
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 2 Z U5 \$ h6 r* t$ D; ~, c6 U( w ' y3 j M0 l* O1 K1 J& D7 V1 fL: 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？% Z# @& }) } j, K+ X
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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... + h4 Y2 I# c7 G( @7 P' q1 g ' f- n( V, K* F7 J2 b9 ?4 V3 [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？ % P" J, }4 w# n) R+ R- o# [ 4 N8 y- w t3 g8 b, YM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. - N2 r! K* @* c9 J0 S1 f. m; @- J9 K" @ 6 j. D+ d4 g7 h5 IL: 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！7 { {. J3 I& o- M8 e
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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. + K+ [7 k3 Y7 K% H4 A8 x& u# M! i# y, C3 w- _4 @) e3 z6 v
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 P- K( U# `, x & \6 Z; W. z d& u! E; C8 N; AM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! $ _ g7 B. v& v8 Z: z 2 ?2 K& p# h) o9 J# h0 _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!1 z; t5 e# |. ` D) a' d) }
0 _, r. O( C6 `1 l% AM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ; V9 K5 G0 I3 o& K, {5 N) s2 B n x
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。, ?( z( ]- P% g$ T% Q% Q
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 5 N9 G! z" S: I: s. n1 _* ?( ]& T% H$ o" @! \6 v/ U- |
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. 4 T4 ?: l& \4 N7 g, X) r+ X e" T% Q+ q% \
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！ 9 W; r/ v& g5 e# i" x 1 A# L1 i3 z$ \9 S; GM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 8 B: e l+ r7 \* I - Z/ H: v9 h/ g' @( uL: 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。 3 \) G0 }+ p0 [' o% A' N3 a2 d * q5 p! A {" K$ _* v4 `$ Z9 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.* \5 R( g! p8 _$ ?. U) d7 b
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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？ 3 Q/ J- P i2 k, }9 R( D! w# V, q/ ?9 {: U9 x
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.5 `5 f. w& D8 {' Q B
, M" i4 J& k& }, O$ d/ ~) V: \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。 ( ]4 A! {5 e7 d! z! A& ?9 C! P1 ` ; D8 U _$ G3 O2 @1 r, R* EM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! & M& B2 x' }: c' o1 ?9 `3 N 1 E8 H! f' R! p* C3 x* _; mL: 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！ 4 W6 m3 H" i" x, J5 c; \1 u+ A2 c: _' x- n
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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。' [) R2 P# K. W7 m Z/ F g$ b$ y
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