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。9 a- O/ N5 ]* e5 ]
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ' z4 g* h0 m L1 p9 [ ) z& i9 b% S. Q* Z- Z8 uL: 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！ + Y1 z* P' o8 I( Z/ ?8 X9 K# D p& X, k" ? w. O% c
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.! V; o* M& d' M! @5 h+ o: V! A) @& S
& t+ P8 F; u" W, ]# JL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? - U$ A2 G4 U( h+ E9 G$ M2 ]" U1 O* k8 ^
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". - I) X* }* z" U8 y1 `- \ : I# z3 m R4 M8 c3 R1 a/ o0 xL: 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？ 2 d+ F# D ~9 a / ^; x1 o' M: w$ O, b5 j3 l0 M% MM: 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... ! Z3 y5 z+ E, m- u5 |/ g - m2 R2 G, y1 }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？6 s5 Q7 J) D0 o6 E. I
8 L0 Y7 A0 _2 \8 }, F" UM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 6 D* Q- @ {- _7 G3 Z" L- q1 k, h0 ]: S2 ~0 L) Y% m) l
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！ * t2 g8 Y2 d" b$ l$ M - k( G- ^' W2 y R- V( y4 [# }# aM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.1 n7 r% B0 G4 U0 D, {1 H
/ H1 b" N7 L/ [6 k6 Y/ u: GL: 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) q" J7 ^$ H! }1 S4 n; R
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ' Z5 q) B3 _5 j3 F" o! O4 [4 g% }4 H3 ^* t9 j% V* ]
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!9 ~" r8 `& `8 _) K. {! j: s5 b+ [
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! : a' N' N8 {! b1 g* Y8 M7 ` 7 m4 z% t2 J, S; w) gL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。! o! w' i. n, D, T
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) ! Z% F# t( h: v+ W. g' |$ F " r. L; v) i8 VL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ * Z( F* w- j* g& M; ^7 r7 X4 S/ ]" @ H
M: 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. 4 V T: h' T; T% b& a4 x" ~, {- X$ @7 E: T5 J7 m! g3 P6 ]' l7 E
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！ . N& m# `6 _5 \9 M4 _3 g3 T& j) _. Y" |1 Z Y
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!4 b8 q+ V- P. g2 p, F7 B0 Q1 B! d2 K
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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。 * | t7 t3 a g% t ) Q! \! u* r7 e0 j0 CM: 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.% f5 @0 J( N/ N1 F G. f
& f/ O( W3 C0 \ 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？ 6 V8 w$ J4 c! D2 M ! b$ X$ m' ?, ]& S4 R7 wM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. $ m* ]& o% Q% W1 Q: U t , k3 c4 h" t0 g9 NL: 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。! x, n% u* ]) V+ B! |" [
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ( `5 z% R) M$ ^- M* F0 F! O- l8 [" B
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！ 5 ]2 d" z& d, w2 _* {- Z 9 w% T7 f5 a2 a/ p5 uM: Whatever!4 @4 C+ j5 D; X
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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。. P- `6 j9 ^# R2 a
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