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。 2 p" F: D4 K. {: y8 h* P . q; F5 e5 e6 a+ cM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 8 x, [1 w; ^$ {* N4 C5 o7 W( |2 @& r2 V- O7 B. p/ ? ~) @& U3 z5 t1 J* l
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！ " y( M5 E. V# h" M( M f$ E8 x. A- J" O! W# b
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. , |) n i* x! d; x( V" a - J1 L- H7 D3 [& GL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? * M* B3 V6 [+ U9 _: O" j : S$ d% ^. X5 M) |; VM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".7 }2 }) V# I: n) C' Y
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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？ , W0 `$ N& o/ J9 ~$ e" m2 ?4 @- ` ( R& N/ v6 k0 w$ B! G6 @3 HM: 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...% g# @9 Z8 t( e, L' ~; ^1 f
$ @' F/ H! y) f" n% w2 H+ @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？# [* h( Y% R' ~! v0 U
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 0 }- y# d4 z0 V9 r" D- C4 g1 s# r, X6 i0 e+ v$ n$ _, P, z* X: p$ ~
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 e' o8 O* F) a1 F; g. G0 K& \' D
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 3 y) R6 G1 h! N, s # z. d( |; {; E; e2 UL: 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！: m. j" q9 E/ r) c: @6 u1 i
1 d- _5 y+ N& r& [* n0 t# BM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!! Y$ a$ C6 F6 L2 {/ g, }: m
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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! : O# C2 }6 d% l7 Q. O- Z7 X6 ^: D `9 f
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!; p6 }2 g7 `. t
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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。 & l% X+ {" G: N% G. ^1 p5 _) ~" Q( B5 m' |
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) - W' L/ @9 Y; [' z 8 _6 x) g4 l* zL: Michael，这电影可真棒！. |! I6 j7 r! G9 n
" o# n) N: O, w6 V5 H" pM: 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. - X% l5 c) l6 x2 Q0 F: A# Q5 N6 Q: I% A% f3 }7 F" P2 i! C/ M
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！ ) d4 p' E; d5 z8 ], ] ' r. f6 z/ a$ I9 A! \& {M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! % E5 Y) p0 ]" Z9 K5 c0 t* D- V- s1 p' r) A0 ?$ k" }
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。 ; e5 n9 g9 m$ Z! ]7 N- T) V% Q( D ( @4 O/ X& ]* r9 v8 U5 e- t$ ?$ ` KM: 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.4 z' ]: B8 @* l$ K9 P
0 T( ?5 f% B3 r( eM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.9 G6 r. n) P/ ]8 T; w+ c3 A
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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。, q9 z+ a9 Q8 v# I* W+ N4 _
) n8 R% L3 F5 J- s. I; RM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!1 E; l7 C5 Q3 N+ }3 c2 w
( m" E! o! O9 |. f! O1 SL: 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！+ H2 c# N+ x$ L
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M: Whatever!5 P) B, A6 W: h( c1 b
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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。( W4 R( \1 |, F7 }
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