' Z4 t! _9 ^& ~+ ^3 J5 yM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 6 E% J! G' w2 f! u" e8 \, z 2 s3 ]7 y# K% @. D! x/ m. u# iL: 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！+ N2 i6 T4 P7 D) ?: y1 d( Q4 k
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.9 U+ [9 o5 J: d$ b6 [
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?: A N' I, ~' a& r4 \4 P X3 W
( Z0 `7 q4 h6 u! u) _5 Y: dM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 6 q c, V) V3 P- U( v 5 q5 @. t. ?+ A1 Y. oL: 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？4 J% T/ ]0 e5 D1 D
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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...: F) D4 V( y1 g) u0 N6 p
0 w! q( H8 }4 ]# }7 r! 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？" H3 Q5 ]7 d: s( W2 s( H4 ]. y
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 5 m- z$ `; v: F: O# I R; C: V* B$ u6 R% _& \. P: r
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！0 v( h% B+ d) ?) y( J4 @. d- u
- Z( ?- v4 k9 O/ X8 SM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. : R% Z5 `5 z, `. t/ L , t2 t& s; A& L! s; w' M) oL: 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！ ( `) s! x6 ?( d5 F. r+ ~, W, I9 g* r0 P" Y
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ! [2 b$ ~7 \6 a' M1 w( m2 n 3 e8 r* B5 A, H6 M! {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!+ M4 |2 T* g. @' j5 P" y$ l' F
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! & d9 U/ v1 r- q: z ' I2 a0 }1 ]1 p, q6 B/ T! EL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 ( R1 i' _2 q& T( ^* G" d' P, c7 r+ f
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！& }7 x- Z0 l0 W) x' P
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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.1 m$ s& A) P( x* P7 e
/ Z- h+ _" N) }( k7 L- s+ M0 b. BL: 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！ 8 W& V# Y% s! u- H0 S- m( E% y; p1 b
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!* K1 r, c$ X3 g {3 a6 R* w3 j6 ^& Z2 N
7 b6 R: C% n2 y7 C! s1 t# iL: 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。. U& z/ Q* M8 w3 ^0 f
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% C7 w. H/ E r: OL: 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？ ; u) s! B0 [- K7 ?5 @& U& P) y' b" H3 @1 [3 [% G' x( ^
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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。 6 Q2 L* T' F6 t, F$ \' w5 x9 ` # s3 _/ Y( v7 a* d! j( }M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!# y! G" U2 k% o7 d* d' i! ^ {
% \1 i0 X: J3 ] @; M2 i7 M uL: 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！ * M7 c' C0 a' L/ |4 q8 R& h U% {+ A 1 p+ K0 P& N- E& X/ a; W; Q% i9 ?M: Whatever!6 g; Z' w2 C0 C- y, x7 m1 |
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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 X) x5 b0 l1 oAudio as following: 8 _9 o6 _9 h) g! v7 w, u
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