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' ]" J
/ f7 J# D! N+ A) D! M8 d" iM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? $ S# P x# e# }4 P$ H1 |8 } 5 F: j) D2 G$ P. `2 U! RL: 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！ 6 H5 j0 z+ g0 K2 G$ u " p4 C& I4 c3 n+ k/ WM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 5 d8 l+ q7 ~' n+ X) M ^) Q% [" l8 u9 C
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?& _* @2 E; w3 q# [6 O
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". " k n2 i8 c4 v% o8 x" i+ V : P' c) R* E8 \! u) ^& f& M. T" aL: 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？8 U! p7 p* ~3 r+ T. b+ }, ?! F
5 D4 D9 \7 z7 \( fM: 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... 1 Z0 O& D. S9 ?* |/ R0 _ - N) ^ q9 `* e$ vL: 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？6 v5 j( h5 C' G7 P5 u
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.0 T# g. L, z- S# D( P
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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！ ; M& L1 p* D! |* u' h0 _ % m& k0 y L( FM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ) V- ~; S& Y7 r9 I8 a( T+ P y t! g2 N
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！- Q f+ }* m9 ~) W& B$ |' V
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! Y3 O" }: r$ ?7 ?9 V- F
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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! 8 A5 a- @3 I: |# _* `* `, _% d * ], T! r5 v) B) A6 LM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ; ]5 a% A! }, n3 E, V+ g) T6 Y* T . g( n) l( O9 o' r, h' GL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。. e9 q+ a. ?' ^" X. o9 D/ g
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 4 i2 f3 `1 T, G/ g1 y1 L# P+ \! C6 L% W7 V4 Z
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.0 N5 M( r G) t9 _8 f N1 ?
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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！ + f0 h( {; h G6 Q7 i& A2 } , M" D2 S, c9 \M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!' |4 y$ d, k4 `, `3 b: q
1 `& S0 x. ~; y, ^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。( f( }! z$ J6 L! z$ `
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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. " l% `$ |) ^, W3 p4 @1 n- V$ [3 Q+ p7 N
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？" |/ N7 j7 N8 b5 J
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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.. x% y6 {0 t5 X2 |( n- v* b6 G
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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。8 P" U" K# I8 @& U
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! * F/ ^) W4 g9 E; T- ?& n$ r# u; p & d# j' t0 o9 A, `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！ 3 N) A/ d* M/ I0 i9 K 5 K0 i- S& Y# j8 B% T9 E, {M: Whatever! 7 K7 G; G; {/ c i! { : ?+ V; I0 P; ^* n4 T/ O) \! k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。 ( S# B& l; t9 P9 JAudio as following:9 ]+ j7 U @' G# \5 J
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