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。( X- c4 J- A K& N; W) o: H
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?: |4 u% I9 z1 d' { [! A0 Y8 \ T* M0 ]
& b7 Q9 G* l7 T" ML: 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！ 1 ? T5 e; n# d$ _' x% m/ S( `; _( \1 z3 Y/ y8 I
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.; G# E+ B i9 G, }& P! h
! g" m7 |) Y" z2 ML: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? z( C6 @' H- {3 V0 X/ Y' @
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".2 z! }' o0 _- b- }: @" `
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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？$ b: X$ x# \( F# ]9 L, G5 h( F4 @! U+ D% {
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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...8 ?" z! K; W1 \# j' V* {! X
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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？2 O1 m, d0 ~) w- c$ A- r8 E) j
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ! {/ G0 P# F& \& D1 L) Q# R/ [& ~, j3 x3 T
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！: W5 y' E5 D7 a, |# t4 M. ^: }9 h$ O% b
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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. 1 j* s# a& \% k" [! A6 ~ 3 O6 n) G6 v5 c% ~7 r% t. JL: 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 s. Y W1 `" {9 U
1 Z8 u; v/ ?% L' B( I& gM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! / X4 M* R* L4 ]7 r4 z" ]8 k7 i# c& v7 M: ]4 t5 n
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!- G# W# F+ f/ \7 ^8 X2 z& R# J3 O
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!; w8 G; m) d2 ^* Q8 u) ?
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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。8 i, \+ E8 r/ B4 p; w
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！* \3 R/ I: i J+ P' b
* c' e; y5 B: }6 ]5 ~& W1 gM: 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.% w9 ~ L) N; d' |; @7 X5 n" X
]: }6 h* ~& r+ bL: 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！ ! R0 I4 r/ x6 ^* f. F h: `( @* w & B1 p6 C+ d! ?9 ^7 g: dM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! / u1 }& @' s/ ~* U ( Y, n3 I+ u/ ]( ^) s2 V9 w' Q- 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。 n8 P! o' l9 B # m" x: P4 F, A" ~1 D* NM: 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.# V$ y- o% O) T" c5 |3 O8 A
, |2 w s. [3 j( y8 l$ iL: 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 i8 H4 J- w: K5 I' T: V5 |- ^) c2 A* ~
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. A! X" e1 Q( E
. h. `4 L A) BM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 0 t: ~1 |, z$ }: X; [, U : }( l" v A3 @' R) E/ SL: 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！1 g8 s; r) l/ i E
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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。 l ~ `' M7 i5 K- v3 k
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