" x! h1 ^3 @) KM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. " k3 J9 l6 K. @6 b1 \+ q- ? S) W0 o) E9 ]7 T) H
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?9 L2 g4 T- d4 p- e
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". / ~0 V' {" T9 o7 m# X% Y6 y d 3 \3 ^" z: m) z1 Q mL: 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？ * j y4 ?1 o x' M+ L" C+ S8 D) Z% x' \) I3 \, e( a+ E/ t. q
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... ! i0 M( ]5 G. u8 ^. t9 l: ] N& z' n+ u( N. S$ x+ h/ T
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 s3 Z5 W4 }0 M" I3 l 2 Y2 r# a+ j1 i6 A4 Y8 TM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. b: |5 P1 h1 B4 b# n: } 6 b( g) _, f2 mL: 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！ & P" ?0 v6 I; ~. @0 q 1 N2 w: L! N* S) H. c; LM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. * ?; o' L0 X$ W5 `) o# M( y( S
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！ 1 P7 [0 k$ { N, ]6 R 7 O& g, |5 ?+ d- |M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!8 c. X( ^- m4 u( v
* A6 ^) K" e9 HL: 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!7 f0 x ^1 Y" I1 F# S
8 T4 J+ L: @, IM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!2 S U; }4 b6 l, ]8 S
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L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 1 G( f4 u5 q* q$ J, r$ C) L4 l. _# V6 D2 k% `0 E! E' y: g6 i
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# [" I; N4 e& [4 o7 SL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 3 I9 Z" N' P7 d8 H4 {! H: c0 C 5 |4 b: z+ s2 E1 t3 M$ M0 F' IM: 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. , V T% D, J. a$ L2 X. c4 J M" L0 E% s$ p
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！! t7 ~" B( @: l2 s2 j
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 8 |( r S6 w7 ~ n( Z " \6 e+ ]4 C8 BL: 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。% n5 d( O9 a) `$ W
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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. , [) R3 _4 u9 t" T4 b" z" w( k2 Z , I4 I( O- H. b: X9 N7 I5 S+ NL: 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 d6 {8 K. K: B4 a
! b( h) J( ]3 {2 IM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him./ Z6 N( f* J. q$ y1 T+ n
* o) z" w5 O7 F+ jL: 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。; a) O% S& F1 w9 n! X
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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！$ |, o" F( V) N4 V$ u" s
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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。* l, ^: D; D/ H9 B- S6 [2 ]
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