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。0 @. n) s) t8 D3 R9 h. K
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 0 B) r! V# k. c4 v! D, W% w& D7 s. o( M/ T) o2 Y1 I
L: 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！: H) `5 }. U }0 p' \# S3 j
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.% N- h. a9 d: `' e% N0 C; u( _
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?0 }0 q! `& Y0 S
) ` t' \6 R3 h5 y( U6 eM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". `" J' L: C7 S0 b' c5 l* y
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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？( [' r* W& j7 A6 ^& 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...1 v+ w+ T6 l5 z( H+ q- K* @
% D y& n& r% aL: 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？ % y" L' T7 Z, c! q) n% ?+ o* m/ v. @
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. / V6 Q. G4 A/ k: O9 C9 Q* G- C& T. F$ n' e9 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！! F7 ^4 ^% h0 V8 S& e( y3 k; S9 y
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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.5 m- b5 Q1 S. I/ h# ^0 w2 _/ z
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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！ 8 }4 H+ o1 T2 t8 Y6 h + ~: C9 R+ {- x m8 uM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!; X1 [: k# M: F; w7 S5 E5 K
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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!/ V- T' t6 a" \! f$ w! f% v( V2 b" }
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ) u2 p* i, m. | $ v% ]2 o' C. E4 r `. g7 kL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。5 f6 Q9 @! ~$ L3 f3 U4 C; R
5 l4 y1 V0 p6 O/ K D7 c$ z& zL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 7 ~6 W+ e. `) Y( W$ _ 2 S% ]5 t3 G3 L' S# d4 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. . J! Y8 c4 |0 |- h " F2 u* ~1 f$ iL: 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！ # ?, N' X; g; V! `. T! w8 ^& K7 k/ }! V9 B: p
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ; J1 c- h! l1 |& d' @- i* W ! v. D2 y( m5 _5 J# k& TL: 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。 ) N. o+ \( F. A( G+ ?2 l6 [& z% u* e3 E( Q# Z y3 n
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.% t3 N5 j4 S/ ~, X& S; U8 _' q6 j
' ]2 o: `# z7 C S- Q$ |6 e) pL: 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？ ) o5 v$ z6 j H Q. f8 b& Z! s* o/ K0 ^9 j( |
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. g4 X% T2 j# A; s) k- T) M, c
. S) I' H' \1 n) g9 r- AL: 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。 8 ^! u; i4 q/ y- w @0 \# e% n* J; E) Z$ d5 P/ d/ J
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 4 X$ f9 ]7 L+ _% O: M" ~' Z8 J( U) Q3 j- \, t" F5 L
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！. s2 ^+ Z) f6 y, d
s7 p6 i5 ~) f( EM: Whatever! : O% N$ Z. t+ a, y' K8 F2 t" r/ A2 r& t2 R
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。0 o9 ] D" l0 _& b+ o
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