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。- q4 l$ w1 ^. g5 G
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? + w/ f" V \. x2 P. F% [* R1 |! d
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！5 X+ o/ {- k; f1 y" v, `- v
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?" r! C3 g" i$ x y" E; d1 p3 @
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".' |) R8 h$ G0 V* L( e
" y# W) l) m8 g* X1 j% d6 yL: 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？ % ~) U2 O/ U* X9 S' ^7 t8 i) l" m- Z: I/ a+ ]3 n( D
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...2 x' n ?2 q) q6 u$ U5 s* E2 z
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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？ & o. d7 T4 x1 [" U) E5 H ! M- i U" w9 B) Y6 X: @; kM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.5 a5 K B& r/ F j& n
. K# U% t6 v; yL: 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！. W3 W8 j8 U6 o9 j! z, u8 _, R1 v
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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. 9 A c/ F( M) f% n3 e" P% e( o" G6 f$ {
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！ K5 C8 G1 M4 a Q* }
8 y- p H# e. Z/ f& y# ?M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!% F' N+ ~/ H$ k% R
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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! / N, W% G9 A$ r9 u% k4 ] 7 Y W& b" V* |4 w# y( QM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!/ l! t" U- U) `. B
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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。 - c0 a/ D. z7 d( h2 o* G . {/ P+ o6 [" F( C(Michael和李华看完电影以后)& P5 F2 ]& X+ ]8 Y- v
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！0 _. ~" G5 `) t$ r: I& {7 J; c
' u3 z1 o: h, _" C6 cM: 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. 6 u1 e5 O' u- X( p- c! D! y4 N; g. O; W4 t; c# e
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！: _: { h5 |, C5 f: \
3 f) `$ ^7 W+ DM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! + Q; |1 e9 f: l7 U8 N$ J, \5 R ! D! @: k! b) D* i! a- OL: 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。 1 [1 y. g0 Q i" t' L. H1 y. F9 d, T7 Y4 I$ }2 }3 F7 m
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. 2 ?, l. M% G# @. |% I# q 5 s9 N: k% _8 o+ ^' ?0 EL: 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 h* h- z m ! r2 S% N% G& x6 {1 D- k# q. ?M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.8 r& a9 k( `. p: H3 j9 V
- I& {. L+ E; d [/ L! aL: 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。5 O+ g, Y- \' V4 Y
; U% r: y6 s# \, L8 RM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! , k2 ^, u2 f8 U , i. g% i5 M9 ^) ^9 |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！ - d* B1 M2 W0 b( ^ 2 a" e8 F5 |, \ ^6 AM: Whatever!* ]2 L5 B, R8 `& H
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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。, x9 K( s* W8 I
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