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。 " w# A) P* A5 n5 g9 P2 E) _ 9 a9 r) ]/ ~0 i' c! RM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?5 s3 T8 ~4 {4 l- n7 V
0 C x* u, q* VM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks./ Z2 }/ j7 W: y4 y: J) Y, A) u$ ?
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 2 ?7 I- E9 P. E D5 X+ S & f' Y) R1 g+ O9 b; Q) Q) {M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". + _- A ^/ p5 S# b# Y' d. \7 Y. U( I5 B- ^% v! P; N4 B, M
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？1 \ o* m* p4 r
. P4 |6 K* i2 }1 P8 V/ \( W% GM: 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... ; u- G0 b* G8 {" W " j% r( t8 U6 x6 O5 _5 ]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？ # c: l1 Z& w& G, L 4 Q- U, e! t" X2 M. `M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 1 Y7 y f) O! F$ V5 N' N1 l 7 j* k: D/ Y5 h8 o+ s PL: 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！4 [+ X+ U/ F% W1 K6 }4 s1 d
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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. 6 ~. h) ?1 \+ D( X) t- Y" _/ Q5 ~+ R* m" J+ x, p% R
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！6 x/ s d/ i9 m" g$ }( T1 V
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!( b7 g$ q( q2 D7 g) O
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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!8 C( j0 H& o2 c7 E$ m" N$ u
5 B$ H3 R6 c5 n8 j: [M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!( m" Y. _0 i; U. m) l: `* y
* e' ~! [: q! a7 qL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 1 n `: Q3 @( c* |0 C 7 j% Z0 a( i6 p# A9 x5 l$ u r2 D% }(Michael和李华看完电影以后) , f J3 K! }% ~* |3 S) u2 u9 a4 C" Z4 ~' x1 i1 P# d
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！7 c! G) k( ~- E8 o3 T
% Z2 z# m2 V' N ^; \+ p5 |7 F: JM: 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. ) ?: v$ l% C8 [6 p * y" b- ]5 ?( cL: 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！ 9 c* \5 @% U0 {3 i& V8 F; g5 |9 Q; g& d& q A) s
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!3 \' N+ _/ F7 j) f9 k" G
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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。( G; y* n: ^% A. R& G
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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 a+ n6 `& ?2 [9 X$ d2 Q7 x0 h
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？; I& G- C/ C) E& K$ X2 ]/ U1 w
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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。8 y, T4 M0 C, l$ _; X7 ?0 D
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!# K0 j" g8 U i% }- u, T- {
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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！, G1 M4 |6 A' G( }
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1 a3 I# [5 n1 R" u' \( u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。 # C& o n- I+ ^2 O) PAudio as following:) R$ S, }& `( q* F
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