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。7 i' ^% o# a7 y, y* T7 d& Q# k9 o
* X0 j+ l6 C; E. |M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?! Y+ h- f* {) F" v& K$ V
3 L3 C3 `$ {3 F' b* a8 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！# D) W* H5 I1 {: s
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ! {# p3 H4 K3 B& ]) |# s" \" a# a* o1 @8 {+ x |
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? ! M+ E- G, t$ O5 B5 U$ @8 G& v ! M1 m" `2 \7 B; NM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".* n& H- U: Z ?* E b8 E
# x7 N' y4 E* |. n; `: [! \6 }9 @L: 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？0 `) x5 _) J& ]
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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... 4 i1 ^- o% R1 f! f" c * \' H% Z* {9 _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？+ g8 y& w4 V' o2 ~! O
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 1 ]. k3 M! D/ k( U) L* Z" @7 F) q8 c8 ?! v' \6 k J
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！ ; x; I; s2 E% ^- ~0 z+ f # J0 H2 E2 V& t9 j4 e7 }M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.1 P2 l& {& `$ R3 B8 M, ~& }5 z! _
" x' C) S" f% \& q# bL: 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！7 G& F' \5 K8 [$ d
9 C. O8 Y+ C6 h; t; XM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!& X3 U0 v$ x4 y' J: ]: C
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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!- B9 [5 r6 z: c) E
) M0 ~0 j9 _% p dM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ?" h8 o3 k6 ^9 ^ $ U ]' X9 W6 L/ `L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 5 a5 @3 v; R& i; q0 { O; I5 v1 Y, I" k' [& |# _+ `
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; u' Q7 g$ R4 ]+ j' Y& l0 ML: Michael，这电影可真棒！ + c& [5 s* X* L" D7 u. s0 o6 b: V# ]9 s a+ y, `
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# V7 K1 h# D0 M' T
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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！ * M Y: ^( G- m Z6 J h* B. `+ p" p0 ~$ E+ |9 {
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!+ e4 ~+ U0 P" v$ t
0 y' q' H/ P7 j# pL: 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。2 _% D- V6 z, I3 E5 _- `2 S7 D' i
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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.. }$ b; C5 n( i5 w- `! t
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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？ I/ j9 d, A& @; r" K
3 c) Z$ |. u# k' K B! { H# R3 JM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.; C' g: R/ S# }% T3 g, w& R6 P
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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。 2 j% n) y0 _! j( t# M# P+ G. k9 m. A8 S# a9 D( _1 F
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!3 l) k( P2 I; P3 E$ Q# N, X: N
% e; _5 V: _5 |4 pL: 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！ 5 f' t( P6 j( S 7 ?1 v5 n7 N# `1 j: m/ JM: Whatever! : D' `8 o$ D0 e7 z, S3 \$ S5 n f) [0 f. N) ~. ?
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。9 @7 u( y8 n: R0 N
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