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。, W0 |) O' J9 M/ R$ H8 C0 H
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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！ 2 x3 p N2 D' m2 r - Y8 D- u, o/ MM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. & A" Q- G) P+ Z0 N2 ^" O9 `2 E 7 u/ h/ ~) t& |3 F: BL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?2 i' l6 d( w6 [
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar"." O3 _* I* C( D& q V
% }1 b8 Z, X6 j! d8 H/ JL: 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？) C+ R- q9 ?, k3 V/ U! N0 k
; `/ B0 a$ r1 k) zM: 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... ) J, A; g2 o0 d/ V: U& C6 t( o7 f , k7 a5 ?3 x" Z7 C$ u" d# v b% b+ IL: 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？ 1 k2 F- [& t5 i* N* C2 w! I. n/ S+ i" [( {3 G I1 Y
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.3 L( B# N. g$ a
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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！ , o% f' _7 [+ _1 \# |$ X+ m: A7 E7 ~, U k- `
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.) w* m. ~8 \, L+ @+ X. V7 T9 M
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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！ ) z# ^7 I. K; d+ n8 A ' M. c1 E& ^9 v$ T6 c) E6 h& VM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!2 B+ J+ P/ H0 F) m4 X2 R
6 \% T* J) T U2 d7 {, _; uL: 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!# |0 O4 i f" {- J( c- g8 p+ g
$ C7 J3 |- S5 E7 r/ o7 PM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!# i) {$ m3 G8 V$ G4 P! l# e
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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。! |' [: U' F1 ?( m
3 o4 X1 a# o$ B, o(Michael和李华看完电影以后) $ D4 L: I+ d4 A/ x 8 t$ C$ C6 f( S8 j- j/ SL: Michael，这电影可真棒！7 i/ ~; @# m$ }4 Y, |
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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. # Z0 v: _+ ]4 T K- a! _0 X7 `% X% B- L: w. o5 K6 b' l
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！ / X) d0 f! p8 _, o& h & W! r& O Z1 g( w: `7 DM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!3 d2 O$ J& B. ?6 e2 z
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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。0 @2 C" z2 ^/ j2 _
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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./ Y/ K; W4 m7 I) ~* N, M! B7 Q1 {/ \; E
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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？0 H9 m% | T. X _: W; M- R
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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. ' p7 d3 \' q) w- t( d* ~& G2 G 6 S6 d5 A# r) N1 `* y, o( P! D+ ]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。 / V" v4 G9 _' S- P( }7 T3 W- s8 k( _7 Q
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!+ m: V: V! U7 e! ^0 L1 n S. }/ J5 U, h
1 i! n5 J; s' Q5 ?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！ 1 c8 ]; n3 @; ]3 f1 t $ X' T0 c- U6 d* m" A$ I$ a# oM: Whatever!) ?2 h1 i& n* [( q$ g! ]
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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。 5 h o$ P- ` u* H' X" RAudio as following: k5 C( j; o6 q a- b% J% L# O
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