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。0 g" g& F3 B: G0 [" U& @- {0 k* S
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? . Z8 H5 g7 X3 t B; F3 P! l2 o% Z3 Q4 i
L: 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！ 3 ?3 _6 H5 I( j# r7 l' z; a" g* ] / E$ F& r+ R, ]0 ?9 v d1 N3 ~M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. $ X# O% Z5 y( g4 [$ e* J I 5 e& y9 }& b3 ] ?L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?' Q+ C" I6 ~3 B" |1 G B1 V
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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？1 x% y, q. |' M, Y' _0 P+ [
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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...4 K% Z; V! D1 b
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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？0 i2 F8 c& ]- J2 ?* i
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.2 K* P0 Z$ u! @ p! H; Y y
; l9 h( H( R2 h p( uL: 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！0 V$ ~$ t8 o" ?. w) o
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M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.' M, I9 L" l# H- D
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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！ 1 T# S5 i2 B. E8 @# E* D$ P3 Z* d, i
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!5 Q5 k& y7 x' u h5 e# _
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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! # M7 H5 C3 X# f" ` " M: t0 w, @7 T- ? BM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!2 P" j; e( M6 d/ c) ]; C0 c, w4 p
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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。 + O' s8 h0 Y4 l4 `1 k8 V6 N! Q3 [0 _9 w, D
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 7 n8 i+ G1 J( @5 i- x0 n! A% L( w: h$ z
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ & n! Z# Y" ~% d q* m; j) H' u* j # n1 b! C, N3 c% |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.9 i6 u9 G9 X5 O
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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！6 g8 T5 e- U1 V _% Z- H
5 \6 b: m* f+ [0 B9 ]$ _3 eM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!2 W3 g5 N5 X5 l3 G0 V, S
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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。 6 z/ R+ `' e9 g * M( O7 z ]% \( m2 X [4 X% yM: 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.! w$ |% o5 K* n( c
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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？, `6 D- G. z* H0 [
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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. 4 d. ^6 G. p- Y k" H3 b, i; i1 @, }
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。 3 x4 n# K" }2 }) O( f t! r% u' w/ l& W3 ?
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!0 y V, \& B% W) [2 u
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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！ ) V/ s* [- ?, x1 m1 ~# @& t0 I) L! s" a2 q) U/ q. |, c+ B
M: Whatever! ; b! A1 w) S: ~% K- l% D3 v( d( N0 |5 }0 {
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。2 R. b. Q* u: X0 I
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