# Q- @" e# b# u1 d! DM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ' A% i. E6 \2 D8 D2 c9 @6 ?5 x' X% S* Z* | M, V2 ?% M
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！ 8 }% \7 ~& K, |) z/ M * o9 B p4 E0 N: D' tM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. $ n t/ ~3 G2 h! T5 y) I/ ]4 l2 L1 D* ~3 r
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?/ W: i" ]: l9 f' t$ }
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".. }/ O2 U3 w9 v; L& d8 D9 W
# N* @' `; l1 {' OL: 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？$ A! n4 e8 j2 L3 A1 {7 G8 O
! _9 j+ E6 p1 CM: 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... 2 [ q* s- J: a& x4 f% _/ y$ n / L2 d6 b. \9 c" q, o% b# AL: 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？+ u$ k* q6 e. w' f
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.; e4 k7 F/ Y+ d7 @# {* W
# C* r8 J1 y$ {2 cL: 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！! l1 v7 H; H5 l/ j$ t" 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. / w3 ^4 j9 L( i & C2 y. ~" K" m8 r* iL: 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！; v# q4 e* z1 {
1 G& t' u1 `2 }/ WM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!. E& |' E% ~2 \# k
% L. {" ]' p$ D; \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!3 C; [- k. w' b5 i8 `. i
W! n/ u6 U: Q) v4 a* U9 MM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 7 j: ]+ a M' }, a6 E j: b4 a+ }) |5 t$ a
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 8 `* _) n; T$ ], i( G; U3 E5 g7 M3 w; J" i" [* A6 `# T( N
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) $ R: {" e& ?1 A) s8 f3 h; s 4 f, i' N/ t& K, v1 [L: Michael，这电影可真棒！, X: G9 r: F+ [: g" \- L$ [
: X7 F; O+ R% e# 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. & G7 n; e( [0 B* q4 t * k9 _7 K2 w' B- E! ?% ML: 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！ ! j4 L' Y5 u9 q f2 Q/ N. k" {, C6 K
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! " F' `/ {# l8 U8 P0 |$ n 8 t: C. X3 u8 e& eL: 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。 i' _$ s) }, l: O i' V
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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. % P/ x6 n5 w" L4 s2 T4 N/ @1 M0 L5 w/ B7 j7 z' H Z1 N
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？2 M$ y3 b* k( 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.! G" [* v) P- E. g4 _* L' X |- R" V
7 s6 @$ ]% e' ]3 }9 ~" ]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。 " O3 p" W9 y7 ?0 A0 z, F9 Z: Z ' b! j( J3 [! l0 d4 r* a* E3 ?. L) s& v7 mM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! $ W! V& c: F( K! i ; K7 m+ W/ {$ ^, I2 C+ VL: 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！; a# h2 [$ Q& p( @
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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。 " X7 Q& {, X0 z* l0 YAudio as following: + \9 r, m, M# d' ~, x% y/ H+ |
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