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。 , y- r% S: P6 n" {5 R ; M2 W: p D; o A. k( y2 [M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?" x8 q1 v4 u% b& ~1 O4 ?
# w5 J E9 f, |1 [8 ?' q5 LM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. " V. z$ `8 }* P : Q; z0 M5 Q$ P2 B5 m& pL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 8 n) j8 |, H8 i9 M( m% m3 H4 f/ g ) k+ Y$ h5 {3 J3 j5 [M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ) R6 ^0 x6 _1 S( Q+ L 4 p! f3 l# H$ g" r. e+ WL: 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？ M3 x6 ?% h9 [! ]1 e! Q
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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... ' P+ C0 X1 K% b! W T$ S6 | - ?( P# U( }9 B* v. ^; ?- j* DL: 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？% K4 y/ J4 u: p# ]! O- ]# {
& a2 ^3 F% T; A0 GM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 1 _9 K& \( q) _, m3 d$ L+ {5 S2 Z% j' @9 l
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！ 0 v7 k, c Z4 V/ o6 L+ s ~& [ : @1 e- X" X/ g+ |6 fM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 1 Z* e5 ?3 L5 `' x! Z! ~7 i+ o* Q% T
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！. b) W; g0 l! h a% R, Z
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!" ^$ i4 R$ ]9 u6 ^# O2 C
$ {) ]! s/ H* `# H. ?0 Z- g: dL: 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 N' O- l) {, q! w( K5 V a' g: W1 v* |
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!* Y& O0 }6 ?7 c4 z
6 z% X8 Q9 k7 y' E5 uL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。( @4 A' ?7 K1 _8 E
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 0 f7 P, F2 ^7 {9 ~6 Z" y, | 6 X+ j' ?/ s* Q8 Q5 V/ t) \& ^/ zL: Michael，这电影可真棒！) ^* [- v" A% N+ W4 {% O- y
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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.- e% ^8 D& x7 d% ]3 h% C: w
" y1 n6 \& r. wL: 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！ f1 o( l/ ?* y1 b# s5 R; V& a( ^+ b* a5 ^6 x/ z& i2 {3 @
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!& W% t! B0 w7 W' G+ w& |: Z$ n; \" T
8 R. a; |1 \! H* e9 gL: 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。1 w: s! `' y, I! q
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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. 9 D6 g% D7 J/ V6 B3 C8 V7 p 8 ?1 m y+ k+ }9 f4 K) k( L) E, eL: 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？ 1 _' K/ l1 y2 ?" e- g6 j: ~3 e1 C7 B }' C
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.- y# u. ?" h5 U3 O- D
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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。 3 u) K- A4 t8 `7 _5 @6 V+ a7 o4 h3 n1 a N( P0 |
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! - D4 [) H; n) ^2 k# y9 j! h8 K3 B9 b! P+ _& ` d0 _8 {, Y' d9 A( t
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！$ c: Y& R3 e4 o& @, ^& f4 W9 n4 d
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M: Whatever! ! a8 X) Y5 y" a( {2 r1 x3 T6 ]5 V) R( @: l9 W( s
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。 * m; w! @$ ^( R+ R7 V0 qAudio as following:! @* y n: Y# z4 T8 P
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