" v: O, b0 I( }! k& PM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?7 h/ S7 M, j4 Y4 h
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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！$ D5 @! T O! F" k
; X: x# r5 c/ X2 fM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.) V; c; ?. l. ]. \
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?- s0 ?+ R' l" i7 _$ p
! G1 A2 R" l/ _2 f+ S2 N4 kM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". & ]8 |4 E' }3 V# t" @ ' p' U+ i5 `0 @+ e! \9 ?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？- d. K( ^5 O5 q. I
8 }7 U; r9 j9 l+ u4 N2 HM: 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... l- b& V2 L% ?. p9 I* I
. X$ X: G( R3 O Z8 RL: 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？) z: l% y4 ^- b- `/ I
" m7 I/ d/ f i! P% q, K' w/ NM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 2 o( H( H/ K5 Y ? - Q3 O: u8 q6 OL: 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！1 G2 }8 J. q) ^# c
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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." I2 U- y/ G/ b/ z6 M3 J
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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！ : c" X7 N/ D0 ^2 o$ Q " g9 X8 L! L% \- r5 [1 c+ KM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! . R8 |8 g4 v+ D; V) Z/ d " Y4 w' p& L) X* B# ]" CL: 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! ; A9 {. R1 Q. X, U% d) o* r: m2 N) h) f
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!0 [8 o c, d9 X: |+ ?$ z6 e2 Y
$ G1 t! j/ t2 _L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 ( E1 A9 V1 ]1 c& s; |5 A' @) n. E. i) y% b( M
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 7 h' k9 E7 o! `6 i ! e. X/ y1 }- V" HM: 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./ \) E @% ]3 h5 j. q' g \
- \5 k1 m( w7 A5 LL: 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！& p Q/ j* @; Y, ^4 V. k* X
8 g3 E5 ?) Q' M$ `3 j. Q. g) OM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!6 s. O4 y3 S2 |( ]& D' j
5 o8 `6 p: n5 M4 l0 O, @& WL: 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。8 |# B y4 i& P, g5 Y2 b
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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. 9 T/ s9 h! W+ d+ c, B6 l' d" _3 u; a+ |$ K# o1 v/ s# l3 Y d
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？ ; }2 s* |2 u8 L; Q" ?( a + T: L2 f, c: t% T6 g+ hM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.* i( o, V7 W5 V7 S( N- C
: T* k+ d' z( O5 o6 b5 a) F, HL: 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。$ u: g5 c; q$ C( h' d7 u2 G9 K
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!2 i! s! O' B6 X R( h; F/ I
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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！ 2 p( \* ~; v& ]& f! _5 |5 q7 g% T) U2 d0 {
M: Whatever!, v' G4 y2 _$ O T: V: t3 h! r! j% \
+ Z5 ^. R$ n5 b3 }' i; r" I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。( N0 S& c S+ U+ B
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