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。 ! ]- t7 q+ C4 e5 p, ~; }6 }, X! g
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?, B p. b. v0 A
/ r* C2 R5 }) M% [2 ZL: 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！5 E" h: ~' X& S* C+ P; z
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. $ l. m2 \# r0 Q' o6 A8 y0 i, e; |0 ?& N; ]+ o8 w, ^
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?. R+ i& D/ q7 S4 U
0 A! s* C6 h5 Q# j. j+ HM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".' x* Y0 C6 H1 y, K1 H# U
, a/ ?/ b& {: e9 ^0 `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？ 4 J: u& C8 r4 T% a* ^ [% O 6 Z$ h @: u0 B2 iM: 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.... ^6 m- E/ P* Y1 C4 u# f2 K
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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？ O8 j6 g; { O% H
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. + ~! z7 ^ e% a' ^- l ' O7 G& e2 w: z9 q: f" \" XL: 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！ 7 |8 K9 b6 c5 t- Z5 e/ H3 l% u* P( [0 F7 C3 J+ o
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.7 c: a; h6 h7 X; I7 Q4 ^8 U
3 A0 M4 w. o, W6 U- H( l0 ]. ~7 FL: 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！ % c1 c7 Y/ [" ?3 h , ~4 S( Z& T1 {# {: S6 YM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ! R1 I5 `$ T3 x g5 F4 n 3 E5 \9 Q( _; d* h0 }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!# Q% i" ]: V3 M/ Q& n9 O
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!; j7 c( ] B2 v2 |5 l- h
' V" m7 [5 H0 D$ [* o/ n# ZL: Michael，这电影可真棒！3 f; T& o, ?) A1 [
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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.! E0 F9 V* k, _0 {4 X1 h
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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！! U( s2 F( P8 ]9 S" Z, Z0 K
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!7 @4 ]: V. Q. R [
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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。9 f' ] C! N7 D+ B
: C. f: c f5 z& s+ JM: 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 U4 F% y" H% t' w: b( v: g
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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？3 [ X& g& m, W/ A- m, [' v% e
1 s" g& m9 a+ n- p1 SM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.! T3 }. \8 l& n8 h" _4 _: j3 E; k
# n) v) U1 c6 I2 ]7 K, z' IL: 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 c1 m, ~( J: t% R
$ N4 j3 K* j6 d( v' O3 L* m1 B1 |M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!4 x3 v) E: o9 I# Z1 ~6 I3 t+ ?% D
6 a% \" p0 X' L: h. [& GM: Whatever! & |3 J6 Z- a8 R; |6 u& z' Z. u1 j& [; 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。 3 T# m; D' K4 \1 M( TAudio as following:2 j) ~$ A9 P3 E' L# q4 u2 Z
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