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。) R# S( E6 X+ B
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 2 V6 p' l/ V! g5 _, v6 U% f1 @9 c 5 Z$ v8 \& \2 d/ e% NL: 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！# T+ n r' u( y& F- G9 X
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. % T7 J! h: F8 G# w9 [ + U& G) T. \+ ]+ S! @L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 4 A) B2 n5 l: Z( y% E0 h1 d$ q) H! L% }$ `3 V0 v' d5 Z E+ A' u
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".% d* E+ U' b# z8 ]% O
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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？ 0 @5 e. D1 O7 n4 R# ]' X1 t; M6 \0 K+ m* g0 y5 n/ F% K3 s
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... ; k, z8 G1 ]) Q; b: p9 u: k- A9 g' d
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？ - {8 i8 _3 `* J+ E& M7 f& _" D( e7 z& Z& t8 g% k3 I; k h! F
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.+ [3 B( V* G! J# d5 Q1 i1 X: V
" }7 ~- d/ P5 w( H; a' o. i+ 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！6 F% i8 k! K% r# z' C$ z( f
/ D9 a7 Z- G( w+ c3 u kM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. l2 ~, ?9 S6 f+ k3 y/ y( P 8 q" T# f. l# k1 FL: 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！ W9 l( R- D# h9 F* ]) z9 g5 P& h& p3 Y& p; c7 j
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ( o2 x; ]$ a1 q$ h, L- u2 D ! \- [/ J- B; x% N. qL: 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! B0 G$ f9 v& u. r" Q0 Q3 V" Q; z. }0 N. A
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!# O9 Z5 G& b; L
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L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。; M, H5 s5 _. _3 S! M$ ^* K! l
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ; a+ _3 G5 A7 d* M/ w6 J$ j; [0 d* q. B1 Z
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.. N4 U1 E! `- X0 L+ a8 e
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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！2 ?7 Z9 V% ]5 M
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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。1 L. ] j O; |- H$ C: R
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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.+ U( i' }% X6 ]
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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？: G0 |$ S) T* Q: ~, _3 K, M7 `
5 o3 D6 a# n, c3 ^4 o( q, mM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.3 {' K3 c1 {) q. u) {: O8 ^. }
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 4 U! O' o9 ?& x; ]7 Y/ k $ a A" x9 U: O2 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！ 0 a4 e P) {1 Z2 h% E/ H5 R" M7 C, w9 _
M: Whatever! : b7 O2 @0 k* `- | Q# q3 ~$ ~$ k3 {, b( n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。 * A0 L3 _5 p; O; w5 g9 ~) RAudio as following:! [2 o, k: P$ D+ z& z
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