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。 * \& k& U, D$ G6 r9 e! f' g& @6 X1 Q( L
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?. H" P' T: D* T( ~) C k( L( s
/ K9 A4 q+ W% hL: 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！ ; s! ]7 `1 U( M. e2 c) V# Q% h! ^$ w& [$ B. P# b
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. . J) ~* [7 @* T+ P% Z 4 l; E9 K6 d* I& F" zL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 9 E1 E8 r$ |( i- v( C! T' k# T$ M
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".; O+ Y& |" |5 |8 z% l: I1 a
' D0 @) X: K D& J3 A( n! s- RL: 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？+ y: }& {0 ~# X! m( [( D
! p' D1 Y) M4 H- O* X# o; QM: 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...2 b* M7 P H* f. O/ o! v- x
. c3 b9 W b( V# H- @9 W6 aL: 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？ 9 i2 N) } [( G! z2 @! }; s* E e2 O. }9 k+ \0 m
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.5 @3 A$ r) m. s. t
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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！ # |+ t4 S9 f [( m9 i, g b1 D y" `8 D8 X x' D6 l
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.+ ]- Z6 I' I( n0 r" K9 U
3 w3 Q! p2 p( s9 nL: 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！ 6 k- p! s- z& n% j* s1 P7 n7 w; m f# Z5 I% s8 @5 k# \' N8 S2 [/ L
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!9 ^' w$ a6 @9 v3 U2 c9 }
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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!9 `5 s$ O- o+ w- v
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!6 C% K+ m/ r8 l& Z8 k
0 d# R9 f) ?% t1 C9 VL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。. p- z+ a' J3 @' X2 s! y4 t
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后)* M8 K0 A$ D" W6 \# ]' E; J
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！$ O/ u. L% s1 R" n5 k% 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. " L g% G+ J# _+ ~% b # l: l" @; ~) O- X( b9 ZL: 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 V+ [: c3 C' w5 a6 s2 W: m z' d/ |9 f5 `$ F
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! " O; r1 U% `% D3 b2 n5 x/ n' O3 Z! U7 \
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。8 n3 n8 m6 t+ P' R
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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.* Z2 N+ J: S: h! X8 u
' Z5 I- @: U1 ~) D& CM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. - S, ?' r/ T7 r p 2 `) c& X4 }0 i* w2 FL: 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。! T+ I/ M4 h, A, ~: T* v
4 ]+ [9 l z: F& Q& l9 QM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!: p0 \ `( U, S! Z4 Z
7 R9 y4 F" I5 ?% y6 u5 x/ 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！ 3 m# u [) W: B: q- ] ( z( C; b) y. Y/ } x! MM: Whatever!) U" B4 |' ~. h. g
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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。" l5 R# F2 i, {8 K, _6 X) `
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