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。, Z8 i# f# p, x% z! C
( e8 A+ u6 s% E/ y8 S$ f, mM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?7 T* {, N R5 e! `: m
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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！ 2 B9 D: Y- ?( E' s 0 O4 `$ Q' w. D! u( e# o( RM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.2 Z1 D$ B) u8 f% j; Y& O
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?; n0 w$ L3 v, r8 u2 J6 C6 G L
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".% d: U, L7 i& X _" v+ y; c9 P% H
4 [: j2 |5 Z6 x( zL: 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？. ]- O" e) v. }; o& r; ]
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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... Z$ w( V0 J2 V8 g1 S6 m$ F* a
7 n! G5 p" Y) n0 tL: 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？1 {( {2 r) @2 J/ ?8 e
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.9 @; Q2 b/ y1 C6 q8 p' ~
6 h& q, C1 F' P2 i, `/ }3 K# V1 f& JL: 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！& v. ?- b9 P, o* K3 v
, X7 f4 D, c# @; e$ ^7 `M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.* F- ~9 o7 B2 ~" W
! z1 F/ s$ s- G* EL: 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！ ' p1 @; y4 U; |' v6 h3 C$ u, u4 n$ ` x8 u, i+ I; H
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ) z) _7 |- {3 x0 J) } 3 N8 u6 `# l8 B0 Z8 A; D' }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!! r2 D4 \) D+ ~: ]. s
/ o7 J0 |$ T/ q7 U( }' fM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! : H, X. K" h& E# B9 L- U * c# ?4 H8 X& R hL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 # S- ?6 Q, N U* |+ t/ b4 e5 v$ w7 W% ~
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) ! D( x, e; h0 _$ h% ]0 v& G0 R4 @( g# c1 Q; _4 N
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ) j6 @& ^# r/ G# U( U " X) e* t- t* f& X7 K4 o& oM: 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. - ]" Y' C+ V! y: k- c# c 9 u+ k' H. k7 SL: 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！ , v! d4 W) u9 R. c! @2 L9 J8 ]) y0 U/ e! T: a7 m$ v& }
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ' B+ Y; E& t+ L6 j1 W7 J" u: R& z8 \2 ~/ `% m: v
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。. e) n& j: ?) X) U7 W, U. ~
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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. # o3 }" Y) N( c% W! b4 {& b5 S* A! `$ C/ a6 ~$ C* x- w G5 Q
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？" R c) h0 C. ?% d0 g
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L: 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。 * ~2 G$ _; @7 J' X7 n& l- n+ Q$ b) H1 f$ t6 l) I
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 9 Z5 \/ A3 ?. O* l0 u, ^" O2 M5 h9 m) Y- n/ d& E
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！( @; C7 o% m. O" M+ w
! z1 N7 R4 k( X( Z6 Q8 K8 yM: Whatever! + n' B) p X n1 Z' r/ ~ & G* a& d( Y9 m& x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。 8 ?) h6 v9 \% z7 H; L( N6 t$ G |) LAudio as following:, l# e, _5 S/ t2 m
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