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 J9 h9 M, v7 k9 k& b- G2 E) @1 o& D, ~# `! U) k
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?- |9 L' A# L: `, f* p$ x
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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！* n, Q( u. n/ @' w; U- W2 M
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 3 z3 o9 ~( p- k( z! t! h8 Y' T) C, v! [
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 3 [4 Y. K' Y9 c- u5 Z0 f9 Y) B8 s' V7 ? T
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". + @1 U* N' k1 U- U( @! q4 r$ S
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？/ W' ~& a0 r8 }5 w8 F
. x& f' Q: g2 d7 b W4 ^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...; K/ R% B9 t5 G1 Y: E! P
; Y7 V9 i1 K8 J' ?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？ ) F7 G9 O2 o3 w8 V/ v* q% E' o4 f1 E4 k7 s, t
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. * @8 J! N# k) x; G0 @$ e) m! u: I/ @4 A
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！ # l+ w9 S, |9 c2 {3 C# o. P* }3 J
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.+ ^4 i. t7 W! S$ @% Z! }
: U3 W3 [' I# h5 C ?! [7 iL: 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！ " B% p4 V- m7 W! S7 O6 m# | ; T- \" H3 p* ~) }& {5 f: q7 GM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!9 p1 f8 U# n) f1 l
* k/ ]2 o! i- r! T$ b0 a/ mL: 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! * g6 A2 c1 ~3 T g6 ]' `9 p# e% [/ N3 N7 }3 z0 \* A! P
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!7 a. a5 J( P* ]$ I
5 N, [% v! [' F% q# S# u, iL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。# a# f6 v3 y; _" i0 g. C
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 6 M2 j( |/ V# h; p! z& O 3 `4 K9 l4 b0 w! r) PL: Michael，这电影可真棒！! h( ^# t$ w* |& A
8 ]2 K: p' R X3 t/ o9 I# I; b( c7 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.- A F u" {; y( f* @& B* @. R
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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！. Q Z8 b* P. F0 A. s
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 7 [/ k' f( S1 L3 E) ~* @5 }( v7 ?4 ` s% g' G6 R, V
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。, t- _' D; R" r) r$ o
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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. . u: ?$ W& {4 C, V: ?9 p6 e! M
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？: h: Z V- d4 b2 f
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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. 8 Q$ H$ a7 I' s0 X1 [ ) ~3 X- f8 T7 k7 I6 W, ?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。, @- c% q# ]! S$ Q2 O o
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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！ o' V% T e1 x* h" y! S ( h. z3 J5 w" s( ]$ Z" Z* ] bM: Whatever!2 ^9 F3 G( H6 g% ^: ^% m
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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。 , c5 P, S/ ?8 F& X+ ]; f! S' z, NAudio as following:6 ]' x: j' i- t) y/ j
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