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。. N; G1 v( e5 l5 w" c
0 s8 L& [1 R5 B' R2 Y$ H- q! dM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?" M+ E) a$ _3 T5 o' `0 d# S1 \
& a& H. O0 `! Q vL: 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！4 J4 h1 [. \0 W y2 V9 T
& ?! B4 ]3 R: _, _$ }7 r# {M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 9 ?3 i. o% [% n |4 Z 4 I! q9 O# E6 q' ]: oL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?9 ~% Q( @" M& C/ P! _
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".% @8 I5 D& J# F6 n
. H$ t! U5 v( Y: k5 g/ N* b: s% m i' xL: 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？ : w. _8 @8 T" d4 q& X# S" }$ f3 m5 ~* D& n6 O% J* m2 a
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...5 x- t: G7 b( m8 m4 A5 n6 G
7 L/ c+ B" e% c8 n ~' YM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.$ @. ` ]# ?, |' g, L& b; f
! T! `1 P/ N1 _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！ - N% e3 W/ b3 V! o+ c3 n' s, f$ C/ J) U# l3 b3 q( O G' C
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 2 G% J. z6 | p2 H1 o8 n2 ?, e! |. X' D3 D6 c1 j
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！ 8 G! w4 {+ M- B2 ]$ {; H 4 C; d6 I, P+ @( g: t5 L, ]: YM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 1 v' d6 t; N% v' p# W& W$ ?' o' e% i- g3 l7 j; [1 ]- ^( n
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! + @' j4 a8 @ K3 C* q% T6 S $ Y" D n% M6 J& b% BM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! $ S# o: b+ A3 y* i8 C3 `3 S! K+ r( { i- S
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 6 J* D. H2 L4 X4 _4 u' Y. V& w( W8 O# t
(Michael和李华看完电影以后); S! A. O0 A: ~ H- k
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！' T" S2 U0 e1 ^
3 { ?! X8 Z* B' f o: f% d; oM: 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.% P* G; z4 O4 M \4 x* A) h' c. f
) j3 u) a1 V) |& @6 y4 SL: 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！ ( ?7 j2 s4 _% h2 l+ d 6 D: d' r3 S3 G' r+ P! b& PM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!+ z5 a$ ]3 }' }7 A" k" H
6 k+ n: e/ p; E! `6 M' aL: 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。/ W, a- f0 V& h8 V- x
: j/ A4 g/ X, \/ Y, x0 UM: 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. ( D8 ^( z: [8 s0 V R# p. X# N' ^9 ]) b9 [# `% D5 r8 Z0 q
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？$ O' v6 X, \9 A- q7 P; K
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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' t+ O8 Z/ H% I+ _
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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。 % \0 w- R! {4 [- q . H( J2 H! g5 ?0 Y4 gM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ( x" K4 H% a8 F6 [: ~4 X; D8 u/ F* p 2 G0 H* f" R) v$ ?+ _1 a' cL: 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！; i5 J# R ~2 a7 z! c
5 a- K: o3 T: i, D* S/ u5 O% v7 [; dM: Whatever!1 K7 n' u0 E( u @
( P6 Q+ u D) L. f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。- c f% a$ S1 F% E5 J2 D
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