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 U' { j1 A$ G. E' O* F7 s$ S 0 R( n$ T. O5 e0 S# r& u& |M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?- N& r* P9 n7 m$ s
* X2 @ i$ r$ J9 p; }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！0 W: W/ E5 h& r5 y
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ' A+ G, I* ]( [: |1 |& X6 n! b . a1 I {/ {, ^ z4 K8 w+ _+ hL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?2 a K9 [/ H! [1 P6 Q1 Z
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".- T8 e4 }" l2 ? _
3 x3 R9 N; ^ p9 S. KL: 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？9 b, O. d" J- Z/ {9 g1 B+ v
( T! |) f/ g* G2 SM: 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...: V, a. | ]4 |
' n) s4 y) |+ f; p7 [7 pL: 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？ 6 O7 A9 X# `* J, d$ Z! H: Y; L- W7 ^- U: i' K* {! U
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples./ `$ v7 V4 l. U4 \6 C
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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！ + e8 K7 y, g2 w) ?' l " ^$ y8 h, {4 s1 m& sM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.0 ]/ @6 C6 l; g; b
5 E$ Q$ X4 @ [3 lL: 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！ & e) G3 g" \- e# j6 s& O, L3 A" _' F4 U! L: I6 J: i: p
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! , v7 a# P: O+ ^) L* r* |+ `5 t% {+ D" j/ W* l* T/ \8 f
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! : M8 L2 }; S$ J6 t2 u4 G7 F# _1 l$ u' [2 o- t
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!4 v/ J7 ^# w6 |6 ^
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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。: \6 I' ?0 }) K7 A+ b7 A
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！/ i3 q+ \+ B3 v! M1 S- B, I
# s* R7 f& [: O9 N9 p& v, A/ D) hM: 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. R* [) z# {2 }. s& f2 Z7 r- y
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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！ 2 V" b8 }7 v& y5 o& q$ v+ u& @% y( p1 ^; w P3 ^3 J8 S( p
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 6 R) o: W% v( o) a% Y7 |0 Q" d, g2 B; } @5 O6 L
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。 2 s' Q' Y8 t. ]$ M) b4 H0 R4 l5 r j & N. @, k7 w+ Q* [! G: m) wM: 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. % }# F* Z) c. M' }( m# `2 w" E% T 0 \/ ^9 b* {$ a4 P% uL: 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？ 4 x0 ^2 l; j4 M7 \5 J+ o. ~5 \4 T# K- m; v! E- P
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him." r9 S Z4 k) U1 q; }5 ]6 c+ A
# E9 t) L) h" ?! 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。 ; o2 j) @- t0 m' d; m' H3 a* c4 Z+ o3 G; J( k+ A0 E
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!# f% Z" {, ~7 s) h% d2 l
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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！. j- j; y6 s: z9 p3 ]4 z
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( }5 y8 s4 [/ u) h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。 ) l! o9 t! K& x2 @ m- \Audio as following: ; i0 u9 S T' c; J/ f/ n
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