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。 . n$ p$ K- Z o! l/ d$ K . o' b& j: T& {M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? " ~0 E* h/ `( z" P2 S3 M* w. P$ Z# h w' k. V# @3 j
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！) M6 c4 n5 o' o. {, T) b% N7 F+ t
& E( B% Q0 y* q: ]M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. " w9 {0 s1 c; F ! y+ v( _+ M# j1 m; }7 |9 qL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? # d% i# T; A- F : s q, |- ?6 R s# p: }) dM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".9 S: \$ r) k3 \% G4 a6 o" d
. V8 D* d; C. O3 Z0 ~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？ 0 Y. q6 H9 y/ W) s: ?& l ) r* D: m* g& T8 Y# W7 T% fM: 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...( M' j, R! k. B( t9 b
4 F* D9 H& w+ n; W7 gM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.1 l& k$ b8 r' r+ F; e& n R
4 P1 {. X. u7 p4 }1 y7 XL: 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！- F( z: H1 Q( _2 r7 z9 M
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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. / L* v+ j( S5 x9 E \# W3 J # _" t" G# T+ U+ ZL: 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！' [& ~2 [) ` L+ j! [
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! * w$ i6 J6 G7 Q- {& n' X- ^* g/ w4 F7 V$ L
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! ! ]# w" _$ l/ F9 F: }% B : F0 {) B# w, zM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!, Q: o4 G$ D* s; t5 Y
+ R3 t8 n! w+ y% yL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。0 y t. L8 _4 e) ^
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4 u8 H k3 I( M- mL: Michael，这电影可真棒！, m3 g' i2 e. y) `* k* Q3 t! f9 h
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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. n; A9 ^# @* \3 c5 {( `# W7 J
/ b; i$ Q) |6 l5 A. _) oL: 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！+ N$ E4 ]) `$ V
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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。! i: p7 ^/ G8 V# q! h. a
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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. ' z6 @. c# r; X' T1 I# F9 {# t( e& D( H( F, U% Q( W
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？ / ^# ]" X; i! N1 b9 C5 W V! `; v2 a3 j- j
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 4 l" \" c6 j2 W( W0 o3 e7 c% ^; J7 G( S6 ]5 M- y
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。0 A6 Z x- B$ N9 u! v0 a$ n
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ) X& d* o6 v. E1 p9 W( ], l * h v, L; r8 c9 m0 w) L. }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！ $ T* P* ^) ?3 V3 V f4 b2 i: N9 P/ D4 a) t1 ?
M: Whatever!4 l& U$ O. r! T9 l2 X. G6 t; G6 L
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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。 - v7 A" L, ]! J2 V5 tAudio as following:5 p/ V- R9 j/ _
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