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。 ( m6 f: V& _6 a$ X+ d3 c$ c! _' r" O+ R( N- k/ L! C
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?. _' \4 g8 y/ R; \
& @( o# Q1 Z/ N+ c) LL: 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！ : M# L; k5 O' r1 t9 C2 G * m9 f3 |" G2 t+ Q8 bM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 9 ~ X1 l1 r' a5 P7 Q: R/ K$ D , f/ N% G6 c7 ]7 S) XL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? % c) Y& ?( x+ S" N* v* P( D' d& H0 @# n$ Z5 P
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".: _2 L! A+ n2 J6 C& v! Q
( T1 u/ R- z* p1 ]7 cL: 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 w- g ~: g. i+ P4 R5 `% c8 i7 u* V9 p/ t f
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...) O8 ?. |8 z2 w% T" m
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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？ ; E4 | V/ X1 v% H+ X0 o) B: N# c) @/ q0 y3 }% r; P
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. . }4 E) w+ n2 K3 [; z8 F h1 Z: I8 k
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！, `+ D% Q) \) }+ }: T
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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. 0 T7 _8 n3 w" Q8 X& ~; b ; D- b/ Y( Y6 b' cL: 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! s7 Q9 D5 {8 O4 E& [) {
0 t2 p4 N. g+ P, IM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!( R: U5 _) K: o$ o9 \
# W. q- X; ]9 J, a. d1 gL: 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!- s0 j' {! r) p
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 2 Y3 w) _) x1 i ^1 C$ H2 g8 z# W0 Z4 uL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。8 Z% [1 x! _% m* ~; ?
' m; `/ e" [; {0 \$ |9 Q(Michael和李华看完电影以后) ; E0 E, S. _% U% d W a! ?' d 4 ^3 ^! l* A; t5 `6 NL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ & s: H2 [4 e; F& Q( `2 F9 S) c $ C2 l! A* z( ~- M6 Y/ }4 ?# x8 R4 WM: 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. 4 l* H& s2 G8 u6 P9 Q7 m3 c D" |- c+ D8 c
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！ ; w! l k7 |' o) b n . n# x8 W/ i/ B' w) ~& q0 S# oM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!: q, t8 w' c" y8 \, A( `: u
9 h! y6 H( N& OL: 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。 * u0 U. B4 \+ Q1 ^% S9 ]7 @2 f6 v4 `0 V( e' | u
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. 0 i/ I* s9 s# h# R) }5 @7 M& B9 ^& v, a4 V
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？/ S( O- Q7 j$ j- e s' y3 ~. J
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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. ! H1 ?# M# T `/ i% Z/ u, W8 U" v) A4 _ Y, U
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。( Y7 U/ W- }% \5 D
2 ]# V. x5 Z, ?' d- PM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! $ v; F" f# \7 D* P$ ?7 u8 r( }. G- ~) y& C. s- B2 o
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: c# L5 O) B4 F8 w# \& v
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M: Whatever! & P+ @; z; s1 r: A) Q3 K. D( Z2 R L$ Y$ |. i3 V; A" M" L4 K
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。/ H" O2 {+ w6 C3 ]+ d
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