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。2 D' z6 I2 g \& O* i
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?% S; Y3 J" e+ @, \( X" }0 h
' {' C7 H: v7 CL: 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！ 1 v7 c: [1 ~+ E( B2 a3 m4 S% w3 V
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. + G+ s# u2 W. Z: y7 @- y7 M) U7 z/ o1 J5 f" e7 B! `
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? ' V& L O+ E# l( I m4 y9 M" l- r+ f) L. E; E/ V+ c$ _, ?" G+ y
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".7 f6 G' d& b. L; }; @
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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...! w# ]9 x/ ]3 a4 A9 R
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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？ & t& Z, [7 D# U8 \% Z3 _ ' S+ ^/ x0 I8 Z1 K# l. {M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.& H$ G: b7 {2 Q0 P1 {- z! {" b1 C
9 m' Q* t- ^! u' i. BL: 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！ 9 |2 P( r. D* L4 J # U1 ]$ \/ ~; a tM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.# V% l/ y- }" }% J+ I8 `
2 R3 E* u& |' v( H. J* Y9 tL: 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！( R" w) ?5 A0 C" R
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!; i* \6 O W4 p* E$ |% U, `
" U! Z3 ~5 S% a3 W6 cL: 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!6 p. W+ ]& x1 L4 Z1 Z/ W
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 8 N* U3 U& W9 ^7 j! M7 }; K / E6 l4 N5 C4 C5 l( d; FL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。9 i! G7 K4 S, ^
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) " N. y( y# V# T$ ^3 a6 v3 p# a X0 F# O+ k/ ZL: Michael，这电影可真棒！0 I; y. k) ?& Y# p8 o- I* f9 Z& }4 A
4 x& f9 y2 q ]8 F% j9 b, gM: 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.& E4 I7 d1 A6 p1 ^! Q
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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！ , o& H. g% a! s# t* z5 J1 G& T# V7 H - c& t. n6 W5 c% BM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!8 E! E- ]" ?) W/ Z% t
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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。 0 w$ j1 I4 I) F9 C3 n5 q . v: X& S! A) X2 p# y8 ~. _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.# P1 k7 W1 {! y# s* I. v; H& k b" U
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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？0 |- i% H* k8 R8 t) v n
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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.% z _* e* j7 ]8 ^/ t* P
! G2 W3 d" S( Z9 H* [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。 5 e2 E3 N: V& ^( r3 m1 g E5 K0 s Z7 \5 r, [
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! % i- i4 [- ]" J/ S, k* |# W2 k5 @6 I0 Y
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！0 ]0 b$ [8 S+ b0 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。* O$ d$ d" D3 x R
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