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。( J' l& V; G6 u2 Z& N
- _( G# n2 Y( x8 lM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?& I# u0 L' E; |, J
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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！3 @1 T6 U4 p1 l$ |, q4 W5 x; D A
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.: ]( {$ e; N1 L5 q, Q7 d
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 4 u; o# D/ j9 _" ~. \ % l- E: O+ y% {' O# l- ^M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".* i# m# @2 N: b8 t6 ^/ k
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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？: G% C0 B9 i# j7 s& Z, j
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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... ! k3 F! L; f3 q ! s* h+ j- U8 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？* P. F" p- r5 v* j7 W% |/ r6 s- ^
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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！$ S& S% i& `3 x" f. o4 `
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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. " N& E7 H* G1 V) c0 _2 d2 U2 W
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！& o3 U* N+ F1 q& A6 O e
4 M. P: D+ [ G5 n. M9 kM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! , Y2 h1 o0 a& c3 D2 N * Y' B% T+ u( UL: 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 H d6 D$ r' [: a# q
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!, O9 {: G* L% f9 [8 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。: _& u" f7 Q; T0 v& y8 p0 K& C- a
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( u4 q% D9 E. \3 W; I$ ?& cL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ |% b) C1 T: G/ ^' p - T( [, J6 C, @; M1 PM: 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.% L# X) o" D* v9 R0 Q, u6 F
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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！7 ]3 v* m' d+ U
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!1 w3 a- J: I. Z) ^' B3 @
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- w- ?' ]! {- @7 o2 j2 u* Q2 ~& ^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？ ! v9 G" U3 q0 P2 _' t' Y0 R4 @5 i! a$ F- p2 v! I
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.8 q# B' {( A" y
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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。 2 o* s: y- ]- b6 i% h C ; w8 R) s% K- }% j: sM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ) w/ {- V5 w0 X* Z 7 {" n. F! t% q% F8 x }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# A$ j. U5 D& m* M+ X . ^* ?, [- E- f- ~M: Whatever!! I# {' q" z( w% I$ g
* x8 \" N) @: D) G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。 9 R A! D8 B! P, s9 _& kAudio as following: " A! v* ~3 ~. r
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