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: G' o+ n
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?( R" |4 _7 w7 i: g4 v* w' P5 N$ j
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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！ ! ?5 A. c, Q) C& _- x3 ~- _ 6 C/ S% C& O) C$ `' ^2 B3 e( y, gM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.7 z* p, E' V0 p9 D2 Z
5 I/ [/ w) X: LL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?$ ~7 `3 L2 d1 |& c
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". a' {5 m% Y- Y: r
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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？ : c$ X/ I" C& z2 h: |4 R/ A) M" I' E4 F( i( W
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... 4 M4 [# J$ i5 S7 k4 [0 p1 X* I3 H: F. |6 i$ E/ ]
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？* J; c6 L( K( }9 V5 s; }) s
: Q, x8 s S% ?4 P" q) }" u6 ]) h+ nM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.% w& l0 s; ~) E
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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. ; t( Z( |2 U+ P* A1 F7 H9 s; s# k. t' `/ P' V" X; y, p& m5 `
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！ + T9 ]0 {/ l) ^. _/ s: x& h$ s5 s9 h% A5 d! G* O
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!# a5 M7 `6 S4 M. \
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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! ) n: H/ _! s" c- o( d( R+ M) L $ H5 i" o7 R' x. |% L2 I+ m0 aM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 9 R5 y+ u# |) `5 Y, l6 [1 w2 I4 ` 1 O- W' X% t7 a, KL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。* Y- P+ A+ c1 H9 T/ w2 C) ?
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！% V4 |$ l8 Y/ L6 J, n: H
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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. $ b& h* z& s; ~2 F7 j & n2 ? t+ {( E* 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！ 2 [1 K8 I1 {) D: l( @$ N3 b. F3 ^/ s! ?$ [" U
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!+ X& r: s1 i5 @) a8 v/ K/ V
7 F* ~4 F T# }$ Y0 g' w' fL: 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。% P8 M8 A, W* \
/ ?* i! e9 o W* @- |+ VM: 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. ( q4 V* S# l# w4 }% W4 Y % q) E7 V' p) G& c* o: l1 Q% sL: 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？ * n5 w/ \6 s6 k0 q5 H. r& d) f# W; c/ ?1 ]6 j, D
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 0 P q! {" p) ]( D- V" A2 F# T! M. ~5 c2 s4 L1 i x
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。7 U$ h8 ^6 M7 b) j0 D7 E4 T/ `( P1 L
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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！ ) c# l1 X; s0 m5 r8 q9 t 3 G3 i! a! I. L; \) IM: Whatever! : \, K9 J3 l+ b 3 B% f6 G% A) E0 v4 [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。4 |7 e* d5 h: Y6 t
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