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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！5 h1 r( x9 U$ O) R- Y- i: ?
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 4 B. t6 @! \3 ^' x% C/ B, ^0 w $ v" b( T- d$ h* @% UM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 7 b) U; u! z6 R7 I4 l8 z! _* B" c. O6 q( K6 \: h8 C' k
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？5 O+ E' s. C1 j* j) {+ k8 {
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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？% r$ o6 K5 D+ \) L U6 d# g
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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！8 i; ~$ \2 c$ O. g0 M3 S. j1 u1 T
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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.4 ~8 T+ b& C w& X( b1 f) S
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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！ + t& h U; ^) W- ?- A8 z( O! u; u0 r1 }6 F2 Y$ K6 l# ?
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 6 {9 p6 c" K5 x 8 g) z% U, G9 ?- zL: 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! 9 R. [/ S% Z; J+ X2 Z/ T. |# F& v R- s2 t. M8 G v
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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！ `. ?& Y6 B6 G; q
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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。 6 {- P4 v; P8 @4 c& Z 6 f" p4 W5 @5 m7 |. y3 U+ h) W2 iM: 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./ V, d& [6 ]5 I9 l! [5 H7 C
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M: Whatever! 9 T6 z x* p, C: A/ |7 a; V$ j 7 s2 a4 a( Q9 F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。 % ~8 Z" W+ X7 n+ S! iAudio as following:# n" R, ?3 t2 a8 K8 Y/ i/ I
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