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。 8 H, d, S# k k5 W ?7 v2 @9 y5 o0 d, C% z; P
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?0 z. `, b) J3 u+ T) S/ |& O; E! H3 U
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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！! u/ x! _+ b/ ~1 C5 o7 {) a3 E* V& w
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ' y& I% G4 ]6 j) o" t! x . q9 g$ D" Z0 b, CL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?* Q6 o5 K/ V8 ~+ Z
K" ?3 H# T9 h/ C3 cM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".) o' I+ c: q! }% O% n7 S
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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？ ! K. }! B3 S" N& O, o% v ' R2 c9 z$ g9 q6 O: z1 A WM: 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... - x; O: t0 [% e4 b2 h 8 G q& Z9 ~; p1 lL: 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？) i) W$ V; P4 ~/ C
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 7 ~) s* P" n6 u, x) Y# e7 y6 x+ F) b$ L5 }1 n& `
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！; ~2 V5 R# v3 b" c4 G: B
9 a" n* N/ B: W4 x) W6 M6 ~* KM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.0 A. \+ t, E6 D0 }! C7 V' M
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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！ . R' A# O0 u4 g3 u5 n9 L; T- b" `+ ~2 d
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!( t( L! Z- V1 X* f
- ?( h9 M. v. h4 S' bL: 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!( U% Z7 [3 \' f" i
5 ], _2 Y& ~6 YM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!% c- a; K, q) d& h4 A/ V
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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。8 ?6 H) o6 ?' k' v
( x# R, |" Q0 t" J(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 9 [$ S6 |% c" C b0 s0 O: g# k: T8 j" q/ ^, kL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ; J e- U/ m9 U: l: k# _ 1 s9 h \7 d' rM: 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.: n2 x3 k$ Q0 W$ W
" o: `" a3 F7 b! AL: 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！, y, z" Z/ |9 e8 @
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!* K+ s3 t! A9 h3 P% ? Y( Y( K
5 ?3 c: O- e3 ~( A) E, o5 zL: 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。 7 |% [, X! X8 `6 `" p 6 b& \; }/ k8 J5 ^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.7 i5 P- n% d( o0 V/ ~
' ^: f8 I. v8 F. l! pL: 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？( G$ O4 p7 u, N7 X
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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. ' Y5 x4 H, x, ^" @. \ " V+ H. W5 v$ E O$ lL: 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。9 R' Q) j& [+ F2 p& N
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 0 q( w' b/ x) v9 _& m- B1 k0 G9 C* 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！ ( t0 M0 g- F- g1 a / V: ~! G- D5 n4 x* `M: Whatever! : F# ?1 L ?; F: p; l) C 6 ]! ]( p3 y8 v4 l9 A2 G$ O' R) `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。3 B# }6 `" P; f3 b+ Q( k
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