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。 - O0 R1 w7 h8 F' {: P4 ]( w9 L. y# t3 N0 E5 S- w
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? / A6 I1 Z" [# t4 h& ~; d + l* j6 B5 V/ B+ T+ ?, G* n4 P: xL: 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！8 I: V A( U- O$ X( u
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 5 [- `8 J X9 t# W, f8 t( R0 p$ } - s$ u1 f/ [5 F& j4 E, D- `2 sL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?% }3 X9 x7 X8 V1 |2 p, ^. A6 L
& X, I+ \$ J* O6 fM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar"./ i U" z) q; |' v6 d3 Z! `* h! ]
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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？ & r3 W i( q2 O1 @& c) b5 G3 {4 ] ( G) y6 ?& }. |; B' 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... ) T) K$ |5 W( f1 [( K! U2 \( g, A! l% u$ A1 h( `3 i
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？ 2 |9 S+ Y. ~; i & |* Z' W2 Z. k7 e5 u1 J3 _M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples./ g: y% y, X) j0 c% u( l8 ]
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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！! ]9 o% O. f, u1 ]& g, R
9 z; I* u3 J4 \3 ~, JM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. : s/ @9 J& k6 C9 i& }' _7 W3 y9 [; e/ N
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！ : d0 C t. v! g$ h/ K* r' e# f0 m# y( K* u! S0 A9 k: @$ i
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!) ~! o, D; Y5 @$ u# W$ t0 w
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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 R* b7 {6 i( C* v3 q, _
' Z0 ~' Y8 @8 g1 s9 ZM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! j4 C8 @* N ^ f , Z9 e; \7 j. w5 q4 i$ ?L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。* E/ F$ a+ k, \
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 4 ?3 i) t( y5 F- B! {0 b7 F4 V* H E 0 x0 J' ]( j' @) z& v) H3 \0 AL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ) f1 X9 d- |1 d7 V0 p% H( M& \( ~" B$ P6 R! U
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., N! G9 p3 t7 D D! z- {1 T
$ ?$ s" |; U% N. _* F3 I9 eL: 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！ # s; [( r7 I0 q. X5 L6 n+ ~+ g! \6 E( `5 w
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! " D( ~# v, s% X" k4 w @' F: @0 d + w1 M3 ]( z7 G- F4 [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。/ M" [: n& E. r( t y* b% l( \
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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.: F: a! u- |* f( H
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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？. _7 H) @$ h9 P$ P" P
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M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.+ T9 ^+ r S7 K& R& j
0 }6 `- Y/ ?5 e+ m. v; u) WL: 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。 0 u3 T' A9 _: S6 I, c% ?* m9 Z$ O3 W- N) C
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ! `8 m4 D, }3 P& p9 c5 q 1 P: e$ j. B2 C' ?8 X9 [2 Q5 JL: 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！& w2 }* y# x) ~3 H; \; I& p( ~6 {
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M: Whatever! h/ O- j t2 m0 j- ?, `! c. D% h" o8 Y% f0 P! E; }$ m% v2 p
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 _ S9 ~) h w# |& p. ?
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