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。 3 k; X# y" Y. _' r1 O * ]3 T& l7 Q$ w3 u! J" lM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 5 |# ^2 e: x$ t/ S4 V8 N1 @" s- d7 z" O2 h
L: 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！, m7 H9 t P& D, A& p
" r6 y1 i0 ~1 JM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. + h4 K: J( i9 _$ B) z / c3 e; w9 m5 R. ]& r- WL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? ( P0 g) o- h0 ^6 H \, ~' |# X3 W/ d+ H0 E; O0 F' ?% S
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ( k D. F8 |7 w+ U; O" k) H2 F9 u' ?' v |$ Z- U& F5 x4 Q
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？& u0 K. Y8 ^1 {
: C7 ?9 z$ q+ Q" X& S1 R, NM: 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...( N: m9 M& V9 T9 K+ w
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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？, b6 W5 T/ P( G) u5 O
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ) H$ V1 \+ q4 a3 T- I: } 1 L! q( P2 c0 I; O6 GL: 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& x# l8 R3 W3 T& s2 R : u1 ^( o2 G; M- X5 k+ @8 }0 l- OM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.$ f" j" E1 Z/ E
- n& Z- f2 x5 W) d x' b9 I4 t* EL: 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！: e; z5 e$ _" l( |( B- Y' c8 L
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!' V; O1 c5 x) g3 p* O% v
3 |5 [, v, V* m% a3 Q- K/ o8 v8 oL: 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! 3 G: x. L7 b- u& L) h/ o8 W4 Z; D, f' ~) k$ o1 B8 E) K/ f
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!2 v0 }. S: i. ?0 O9 Z
! t) m) y+ a. x& K5 BL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 9 I' n; `# {5 h. w0 Y/ [* h ( Q# z' R, L6 a6 O(Michael和李华看完电影以后)# K$ {3 B; g( d/ O: B9 e6 F3 h
: V3 F( v/ Y$ O- E$ B& m' J5 n! oL: Michael，这电影可真棒！* R( E( }! R' g
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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. ) v. e% v0 O% J( N1 v8 O * l- k: N8 |9 M% |9 XL: 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！ 9 Q" G. p! j6 X( `$ b ( \! h; c& e Q4 B% cM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! . r: v- J# F' b, Q9 M( a( H7 @1 k5 w5 q j6 G! G! n
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。. m' Y! H9 |5 [, [' [+ a' b
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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.1 ^$ q) Y L+ D1 o
" v! D5 l0 j( _3 w _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？ J0 X' ^2 Y- k4 W! K& D2 B J , t% U0 L2 E# \" d O8 I: E8 q3 xM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 0 Z8 G' H. n: U$ H! D: {( ~1 A3 x9 |0 o" o
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 W6 @# C% d! m$ b, {8 M% _
" r! ^" c" Y" h j! z! \M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!! {5 @4 O* z% H2 ~2 V
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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！ 9 f& I+ Y+ v8 [- \: B. |4 v: [; @; N
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: r' |' H8 b4 ?0 Q t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。$ g0 ~; c+ i- N' L+ [4 w: a& q& s G2 T
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