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# p, Y$ K8 v, j" [# e* 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！ & w) s$ V+ ]0 I1 @9 d* V/ x, N1 D( k! ]7 v3 Y. L
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.2 J6 T9 H1 Z, j0 r! Z7 k# ^
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?; a' @0 ?1 i" x7 _# t) Z# N0 |
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# C, e8 r7 Y' yL: 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？ 1 c) V- h: O9 O' g9 Y0 d+ V5 X" A7 J) @4 G5 O
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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！" f0 i& h, C; d8 o5 f7 G2 S
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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. - L+ g* r; y# @- e( s 5 u- f I( H! |0 o. K2 n' e2 N& dL: 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！* _6 I$ M) ~) B" T
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) P+ E( l5 q4 M0 |' ]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!0 u* N2 M' w% _
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ) l! R5 c- {) m. V7 L6 j. d( h/ c \# V( o! }
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。) u8 g" T: o% s3 H
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！5 F4 `; S% t# c, t# |+ L, Z. l
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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./ Z1 l; X2 I( {! S+ p
* E- s* m, ]. b$ _8 q m9 K# {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！. k8 R& I" e. B3 u* P* v5 k
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ) s6 |. E& K0 P4 c' n6 d, q ' H: }1 q" ` x" v) i' 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。 7 o8 K& A5 [9 b! T' Q9 J$ g+ V8 L# V5 d1 W% ], ^& V" F; V
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.9 M- v8 H& Q% P! ]8 f8 y v
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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. % H* i2 q' E1 o# v , D% s" O1 g# L/ C- F7 B1 k7 _5 PL: 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。 $ `' Z8 t+ P+ V 9 x3 b; o2 Y h: IM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 0 w+ h% j/ T5 O1 O) G. C+ J# @. t0 F! i
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！ 4 F, H* A- R9 v1 H' R3 X3 a5 Y4 x1 I( }' }1 ^
M: Whatever! 3 {8 c/ O5 \) u( A 1 a/ i3 ]' d* p0 ]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。 ) R6 r5 \5 s& V# O7 \Audio as following:: S# ?, A, h! R
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