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。: H9 P/ T3 H0 s
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?( C) r) }% B7 G
6 o( s: M0 K3 X5 o1 s' 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！ 3 u" d9 _8 X* y! K% \; U' X7 b
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.# b+ t5 \0 L, L; g1 w, H
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 6 p5 n y8 y' R( o m6 q% j 3 ^! n% ^% U$ h1 [0 }* [" q: \1 VM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".# n$ j4 j0 a" e) L8 S; `9 A
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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？ 5 }& }) Q" e4 z $ L8 D7 l: R) o& BM: 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.... \8 I+ Q3 f) ?# e: _7 H
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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？) s8 y- i$ q, C! g' S* ^* Z! r
6 X' a6 L+ J7 g* b' CM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.+ ^% a0 @# ?# _. `8 O. H2 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！ 6 C# U1 v0 O9 Z, I: K m* k' M" ]& w8 k3 n y# Z, g
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.! M6 z5 n# f% y& t' Q% d3 Z$ Y" n9 F
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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！ ; W; d( ~: D0 e" S 7 V" s: T: q: _6 MM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! , ?: e) _6 M6 y) ^1 h7 c , d: d! J! d \* M p5 i# }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!# B e& g1 D7 y+ Q! m" u
% D5 a/ \; j* t S5 C! M, lM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!$ q2 X& u: [2 n$ l- k. [
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L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。, d* h% P2 L4 \5 [+ V1 m3 V
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ / H+ u2 T1 z( p) @9 n* o% t/ ?6 r7 J, y) r: |4 A% Z# f2 o' C
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. , O; x- _3 V S ~/ U8 V' a: c: m1 g3 m$ G: i L! X
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！ 4 v# {; x6 z' W! T2 ^' l% _3 u+ m8 @0 p- m
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ( a. T% N. Y. Y/ f # p% L" e# j4 }& D* E8 d6 Y# jL: 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。( d/ t/ Z2 {: k
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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.) f% m3 q8 o: A& v7 w. x, J
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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？: Q' ?* U X$ j) i( \
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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. 7 ^ _) y9 f+ c4 A " l J( i3 m$ i I& r6 L" d3 |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。 5 m/ |/ J6 K. D/ T, O8 ? y$ c ; w% f9 d- H) \+ d. d6 F' SM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!* R' Y- P$ I. y+ Q. f, j2 U; e
# q( Z3 ]" w! s2 F$ D" DL: 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！4 r b. N8 u9 ]/ T7 ?% A
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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。6 F" @; \* z, r# I% \" K
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