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。( L. |, z# W6 d5 t& b
8 P0 ?0 U$ E( s& T& O7 P$ p9 K# ^M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?) h& I# K3 K6 G* {
3 |; e% c' d/ o) h- q T- oL: 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！ % q; f- e; j4 F 5 w+ G& H" Z! H. U2 bM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 8 y% [& A7 o9 t/ t+ b) p" e: ^, N# u" ~# [6 v
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? @/ ?2 R3 H4 O1 @! E- n8 ~, x) K1 o3 C; X! \% A' i
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 3 O/ T7 W$ y3 M$ I$ H& ` # D, P/ Y- R0 X% KL: 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？7 q$ c$ V. b' {3 W, ^& n( d) J
& ~- F* I3 x n# A9 j1 @5 ~/ gM: 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... / F+ Q# _9 |8 |, c6 s' J7 A* p* q' q8 M2 [, h, `1 ^" h: M
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？ * H Q! X5 L+ d' `3 Y2 s7 Z+ ] Q* `' V( N! R# G2 J
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 8 `) q# T# T0 ^- }( [# j, Q( q' Z6 C, l" k ~0 p' c7 g
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！/ N) `6 `7 {8 t; L& ]
( X1 V* p/ j- ]M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 3 a9 K1 E/ w& f- r# G1 W! G( r7 I O' P5 ` |2 P* X( }: t+ LL: 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！ 5 w% m% a' D6 s0 y( `' t) \9 W( @ + D2 F+ e% e* G( f) m0 A( k9 @: vM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ' _$ D, S: U$ F. {4 ]2 x# b8 v6 T# T; |8 ?3 o2 J9 C
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! 6 l7 `+ K, w, k, n0 | 9 O( J6 M( ?6 FM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 1 f5 O3 @# @9 ^, L! C; J3 O1 ?* e) g9 t$ Z4 g/ N: Y
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。- {' H% s, J* Y2 C* r
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 3 a* ]& e3 x# d. |+ b . |) k2 I6 m. p; uM: 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.' }- Z% h3 Q2 c( `3 ?! ^
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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！4 a" d, x' `9 H' K( @
2 L. Q, _/ R n5 Z. O: o0 `! LM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!, n6 [0 W' X; P
E5 X6 `( [9 b# 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。 & p" P" k) c8 G9 U1 u" F, K0 t8 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. * F+ b0 ^9 h3 a v 2 l- ^8 m, [ R) c0 i, lL: 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？: k+ \: J5 a; [1 \
8 k# K& z( f( t2 {) C. ZM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. & a( h4 a1 j. B8 i8 `, i9 k# Y 9 E2 p0 x# k) i( u7 m" FL: 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。 ! U G% r4 J/ c$ E4 I# _( r5 k J! a# H
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 9 F. d, }0 ~) o2 ?" i4 F8 r% t5 U6 A0 \* k& G$ ]
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！ # o3 h4 q% D5 F0 ~! ?% i! U9 {" W% z/ |9 A
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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。) w* D; K0 m) c. j
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