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。 * b# N b* j6 {9 m( t, k4 O$ j2 n 0 w& V/ r/ F K! J! J: q }M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?/ O {& j2 `; s0 |3 @0 w4 k
, j" Y! S% T1 S4 v5 c* v) PL: 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！# `0 ~! @7 L6 L" h1 V$ S
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 9 r2 H2 l# e7 G/ l+ B3 J/ Z0 l1 s8 p3 n) b7 T
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?1 Z1 ~# b9 O p# v. e" Z: g( j; K
2 ?; E& e% w% U0 k v: b5 ]M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".+ {5 v# T W7 P! ]+ @/ k0 _
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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？* B1 A/ @/ e! \3 t2 A
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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... 6 g6 s( e$ Q6 o; t4 B s$ \7 W6 E* B7 A% D! k6 _( C2 B6 w
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？* |4 W# T* |; @
; A/ s @: i: RM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.2 u% g/ V0 R: B& ?! ~
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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！ 9 n- c3 H8 g7 S# ^) _; d6 p, t5 V9 h" j" w# `( _
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. F0 Z) n' e/ S
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L: 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/ q$ p! T- `3 V. c) j4 K& L. k) [+ \% V; Z2 r) K z
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! # [+ k/ M) I# |; y* D9 w ' |: `6 o+ v9 ^' \0 ?8 _$ J1 ~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!4 I: d: {' V, x: c$ F, {
: X. C- P6 F$ d3 z" M9 b! @M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!: g3 J1 n/ I8 n3 M
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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。 + I* l! c" F$ D& Y# i' J: o N0 J! ~" P7 [& Q; Z
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0 s0 N( N# Q# cL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ( \# Y& h& J! i2 [" u( X. Z: G- k& R* F2 Q1 P- V7 D' B
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. ; T. N: N9 ^# u+ V6 S% w6 x5 v6 @+ ]$ X/ [' r, o: A9 a( ^
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！' V8 `3 v4 g& y E
6 j% [% O( q8 c% m# }- H9 {1 xM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!+ `& k$ O8 V* f7 u) Y
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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。' p6 c; |, m7 b' R( Q, I
, {1 \" r% P1 w; P1 F3 gM: 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.0 f b R2 b8 r( [# @0 r
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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？) p5 T; p$ J, d& j+ ~" 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.: k; B- G; k# Q3 w& |/ e N
' t8 g7 y8 V5 o* BL: 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。 , J) _+ h- U* x/ h0 h$ g8 w& |8 ? ( m! t3 W x7 E5 B$ Q0 g) n1 zM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!8 i0 b. f0 B& g1 r* ~" r
2 Z& m( I1 o* x( I- J% u" L9 AL: 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* F* x }2 H9 T9 c
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M: Whatever! 7 Q' w& w+ V" I$ U7 ?! {- x, \7 e1 x. h p" i( @- S
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。 [& k9 `& `( t o2 DAudio as following: ! C- I0 X) H1 N$ o
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