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。 3 ?/ E/ }2 p; h $ [5 R( T- ?7 l2 A& eM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 4 s! E' P+ E( |( l" ^4 l X8 G# F7 c) e# w2 _, x7 KL: 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！4 t' W: q( J/ O1 \
0 c% ?) e S( {8 {' P; JM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.' h/ V+ z. T. R7 I' n
2 T, g6 M7 U- q3 g& H( ZL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? . E8 L$ e9 s$ o* Z( n/ M3 R4 B; K- ]# z* {: y0 Z' M- d2 J
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar"." }8 L; @ f7 v: r4 _ Z' p3 { t6 A
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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？ 9 U! o# ~4 t: { X" H$ _4 S8 v. c* x+ T% c G7 |- e0 v
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..., |: e6 q0 c) e( U! N: C: m
" ~1 q2 C' Y4 C) F) UL: 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？ ! m8 u! ~7 i; ^9 c* t/ ]6 L) ^ h
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.! \- i' s( @# V' W+ c J
/ e, G! v% u" d- G# R' |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！ 1 \/ K3 I) G' ~7 f- b' L# d 6 |: E! U5 @* f* A0 R# b/ JM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.) }+ m; ?) B0 ]* ^! ]% L7 R
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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. e6 d l- |: p
/ b, O) ?! t$ _M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 2 d/ u. J# L& a0 r! V: K ' \# H1 j$ Z& KL: 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 M# w/ B w: ` ( }. ~4 \" s! d' PM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!+ w& G0 h% b; Z2 Q; `! d: Z4 z, v
4 r, i4 P. C! @" U: iL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 6 P3 u4 I, g1 v & i/ Z2 G5 W) j; b6 V1 l6 g6 s0 a(Michael和李华看完电影以后) - p. z9 F0 H0 a' ^ 0 v' `" z2 h. ]L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 3 s$ h3 s! ^. W4 W" z0 S8 N; n4 ], J* J% F; Y
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. 0 w1 x8 _% C* A( A/ T5 b1 u z % [* V/ J: Z& w' ~% hL: 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！; R3 x) _, L# u) E G. I
- ?& l! K! v+ T3 a$ U! [; s/ oM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! : M3 b. _: ?0 j6 t3 z+ p6 {* y$ t2 d" }% V; u2 ^6 M" B5 T
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。8 C$ D9 ]3 c& ~6 x( e- e
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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.) Q3 p, T' H: s3 X% F$ O
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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？ " o% ?" O$ o7 \1 _% E% ?8 T5 e. r 8 \# u4 Y7 @# Q3 c8 {M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ) w) e# a5 q, @: T 0 O9 A% b& v' @- ML: 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。, N9 ^0 z; Q0 I# l0 Z6 k2 b# D; X- _
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! & M5 d% n" ^( h2 l' R: z 0 i; v7 a& @7 _9 D W8 t9 S8 N+ AL: 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！2 W: @/ i* L8 i
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% m7 \! r0 @" F# l. y. Q* p& 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。5 s! S$ a4 {8 H. B) [' ]) `/ L, r
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