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( M+ A/ c# o B( T1 j+ M* I) N" M4 y
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ; r0 \- D: d* X6 y0 C4 r 3 b' n. j. e8 o2 O! T/ T4 fL: 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！. P, A+ z1 s8 i1 T2 b6 K- D
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?) ]8 p1 d% F/ w
) J9 e) a- H2 c0 b8 ]M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".: r' f* e0 P0 t: L. R
3 m# t* v9 c# n: ?/ R5 f' N9 WL: 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？/ q1 |+ L2 a: V6 M/ v- L a
/ q/ I# q1 ~9 i' RM: 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...# D1 Q- @# D8 y! P( x; W+ _( U
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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 }7 P4 T4 o% n- c/ {! H . `" v! e7 g* ^! _7 _6 @+ U+ dM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ) F! ^5 m6 X) j: m* O& B/ n# ]/ S
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！ 4 O! Y6 U% b& i' H+ Y# b3 M/ A6 ~. W5 o) R+ S
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.7 E7 M, C% r9 u' n J6 _
. o6 S0 [+ [% D/ [" u- @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！7 S# o+ v3 f" q2 s* {$ }
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!( R6 ^, P* R4 c
`) L- J4 C2 j% wM: 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. * c8 A9 L0 c: P) U% C4 g: `0 X , j$ x2 k0 w k# 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！& O) m* K; }% g% f& H9 i
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 6 w. ^2 N2 `" C; i$ v8 M0 f* i' W, ]9 J& i6 h; W& K/ b. c
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。; h% b1 z0 b; X
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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. $ O# ^9 o2 Q- J; Q" w1 ]! P$ R+ F, f5 e: [" u
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？, L! b& S) |3 d% D5 i
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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. ( M9 T2 z6 H& X6 `7 _, o* g1 N" |* Q
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。 / j2 n3 [7 C1 E2 W0 L8 a k& ]' x1 o4 Y
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ; k0 d6 x* _ H4 m! A7 { " Y# Q1 ^. G8 I9 p* s) rL: 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- s \5 l' @2 X$ [% D2 d/ |( j7 A
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2 `5 D7 @! s$ `/ }' z# q4 h( S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。 " F& F1 E/ [6 [. _: HAudio as following:# L" f2 {# u5 b o: D
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