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 o# N) p" e% z: D ! R' k: Y4 q2 m f. }" p* \M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? l/ d* z0 L2 F* { m# q
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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！, W! f# F c+ _7 y1 n1 }) F- t
+ {7 o. Y8 n1 A: x8 J% y! eM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.7 ~# ?" ~1 |8 ?0 }; u0 u* R
5 v' i" F- @* K4 }L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 0 ?8 ?9 C( Z: G* ~6 T1 h" g1 `' j% B( N
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".2 s1 J2 D- i" K, i
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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？6 t7 ~, |8 I- t; ~2 s( ~4 F
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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... ! J8 I( t' Q( p+ _: ^+ ?$ ? g- ~' \7 O1 t6 @, ^) `
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？ & z$ k- d" m( L; w5 s- K T! s( H$ D+ R
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.8 N" k+ K. I3 G; z
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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！# j$ x, Q. @: ^5 k/ \
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M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.+ h- T4 P2 r0 ~5 E) F4 @3 `8 w, A; t
/ B: I1 b6 `' d/ f7 V6 xM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!9 [) f" U+ I/ ]3 x8 X
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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!4 @( p( y5 X- J) l
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! : Q& E6 e) H% {% o5 t- v" H' a4 V $ ] N3 V o$ M# xL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。; d3 f' [6 F2 A, M' n9 m& I% v
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, }0 }+ c5 U5 I7 V9 [8 s; k3 Q7 U3 ^L: Michael，这电影可真棒！3 ^1 D7 C2 n1 T
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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. # B6 m3 e8 Y1 T6 W" @- E' X4 M- E0 l$ |- r9 n3 h
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 ~) O( u( h9 w% ^/ U9 E* R* P7 y% q1 n. j K6 Q' N
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 3 ~9 v' C; C* r* K3 ^* \6 A, i 7 I2 Z. u/ |0 W8 a1 C! L& }% bL: 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。& v- r% @- K# W, o8 U
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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.+ u! Q: p8 T) n9 @' \6 h
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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？ 6 c% e2 h& J k- S" R+ A+ A3 |7 U: L t5 ?9 F9 g
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.* E9 Y/ t1 b' d5 j ?' E) [
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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 ^2 `8 R8 U7 i# I* X* L$ [
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! " F4 r F4 r$ ~" w6 w3 U" B T0 \2 V4 `1 K; G; a8 x8 q) H
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！, k; r$ [9 ~- D8 f/ Z: j7 v
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) N0 G+ {# ? O8 M# M8 `7 G5 n6 C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。# c: U# M- l8 i
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