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) W F% q2 O4 J
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 3 a7 T. {6 e- ~2 r9 M9 l 3 M1 p8 L6 E/ v, }9 lL: 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！ 0 c( T1 U) H8 K+ p7 { R3 p' z / J# G: x( O; j& fM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. - w$ M% w. ^5 ~' Q& h. X. v' a 6 c/ P+ l5 O7 T4 r* c$ q$ @8 GL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? ! [+ W0 v# G4 B0 l" X' p3 A; v 7 {" ]- T+ R! D& ^* a% B5 _M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 1 F' a( j- ~: ~: M, b" `9 A2 m/ S4 y) x& g0 r y
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？$ H, W9 C2 b1 B* R1 ~
. \6 u. r7 I% _1 ]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... * U n8 ?3 ^. o8 c+ F* q 1 {9 g9 H3 R% e; [/ z' zL: 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？ % J% B/ U% e* W) \3 X' C+ P2 i) S
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.$ T7 ]& _" H+ t
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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！ 5 ~/ I5 d+ V8 ~" f w: F. ?+ j' t0 M 1 z& q- r9 P$ n7 X" P7 s( oM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 6 b& a$ F5 R' e9 \ ! _/ r3 x4 C) g9 k8 J& D5 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！ 9 e- X% P @ O4 F5 z1 p2 _* }& U- ]. Z, P% L1 |
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!7 n" e6 g* y. Q: C) `" M. x
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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!- a2 b' x B3 w+ ?
, V4 t' C. l9 c/ O' d/ FM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! - ?7 b6 q6 J6 p / t8 g, D( ^+ p( G% g% h) UL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。; g4 F& g0 d! D2 z9 I
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！2 a% _" ?4 f# d) l3 V+ [
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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.$ B+ h+ v/ c7 ` u
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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！ 5 u/ T( ^8 p9 b) h) l ]" t, a2 ^) s$ x. J( N; J* p
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!' Y3 B' V p$ D5 u* C* G# \5 A
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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？ ~: P$ n# Y b, L1 J7 ~# J& F
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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 i1 ?5 a- K6 v. c+ {# h. T! t
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 5 R" \+ n1 }* W6 N7 ~. {6 L % ~: ^. W" u+ B5 _4 Z0 i. f- Z+ fL: 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！$ B! D* S: g' Q) j: b+ c& f% e! O
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M: Whatever! ; j) |8 @1 {9 ^% C: h0 M, X, y% v G y4 X+ p4 I
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。 : B4 T7 H1 `$ Z$ }# iAudio as following: ' L9 s, J7 ?9 X% \7 r8 k
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