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。 . q7 F2 i. ]8 a' c0 U# v+ `4 D" L# y & ?: y) ]; r* C) {! Z2 q# LM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? . ^! J1 I1 L2 j3 ~ A/ K. a, |2 |1 c) a, N' ~3 x8 A: {
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！* ? w2 A! x9 |6 f4 \" B2 I
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.- C, f3 Y$ B6 M0 k" L' p7 r, q3 |/ e
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?2 |9 J4 ]) d( Z% ?$ r4 J
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".3 @- k( F- j& k% e5 V3 n& p/ G6 n
6 {6 B1 B4 t9 L4 O/ U+ nL: 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？ $ [9 ?& c1 Y) i' X; h% L) C* k, g( Y8 Q4 P% }% k* o7 K% ~
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...% \* T, Q: L$ m" C
8 T' E$ L; J" q4 E4 D) AM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. + R3 w4 V: R: S! Y* V( x 2 p: X+ Z: s! [* R8 `3 w" BL: 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！ 9 a( K2 ?4 ]4 H 2 G* H2 u& l! i" B2 V3 nM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!/ i3 \$ q% K/ J) c; X) @+ @
4 U7 |% `/ R: PL: 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!1 y/ R9 T1 C I
3 {, s8 n" g L: J2 t, k8 AM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! . t1 V, m3 w# z' {/ B$ g& J8 ?7 R. e, N$ t$ o* G l
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。0 B; h+ h. E# G8 a* I- N( n$ P' o
, Z: w# S2 b1 Z, O' C& h ?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.$ ]; R: h' _3 H% |
# S' O( p+ G: s; r% `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！ 5 o; g$ P% X2 k" R. h ! q3 T+ R6 B+ ?' J+ @% zM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ) k, r& W0 w" x/ O7 _ ) ]! M, H& F1 w, k% qL: 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。" m" [, X) B4 R2 j, }, F
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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. 5 |! O, ]7 _$ z6 x0 _. r- p . u: ]" z, j) W) IL: 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？ / @) B$ i" B) C2 q" d" s2 v% ~% |9 E" [( _3 a; Q
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.8 Z* x6 ~9 B, S( c( t
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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。 ! r5 N8 y, B8 k! |7 Z: [7 X0 h+ o( S7 E8 _
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ( @$ B) a, T0 l1 o3 g% e! x' u! V6 Q$ m& {+ l' h/ S1 S" W. Q
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！/ n- H# Z/ s! c- v
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) m+ m" T ?0 f4 Z5 A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。 ; X A3 g' P% y3 PAudio as following: l, |% ]0 I9 u2 ?2 w
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