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。 6 Z3 K/ f4 ]9 Y2 G6 {/ Q% C. B0 `: @2 j4 P
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?7 G9 a5 m* M" U5 X! }
. s; H: c/ i( p7 AL: 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！( S/ p2 w1 U* G# X; O' Y
" H9 d# G/ K- Y4 WM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ) k' N% B+ B6 k3 q5 y J# W6 N1 j0 R1 h9 e L% [3 U
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?: {! B! ^2 |* s/ {- i" y4 ]
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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？ ! V. q- G2 Z9 z0 n- U0 k% P ; \' S0 v* j* L7 VM: 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... 1 I) L0 F8 U; I$ A3 D% ]- }( M1 z* p6 p2 \, f
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？/ L, O1 W, G" {* A& Q, D, P
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ) y; h4 j- n& B m2 D9 i3 H' X : L- P& g% m7 V$ m: [5 q VL: 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！1 v; v% y! a& p) |5 o+ B. } ~9 I
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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.# F* U6 B# W* F9 c0 Y
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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！ 0 G: {- {" I0 u# |# J7 J6 X( {! V) X
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!6 o2 h9 f$ W j
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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! ( J% C3 y! `* R4 t5 j8 f , Y; o: q, E5 u% e: i$ g# J( ~7 fM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! U) H$ G! w: {* r
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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。 $ I5 g) E( J5 u$ S# x! {- s7 d9 R. s g9 W
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 5 g7 N. E, z, U6 N" ?/ O" A& S 2 t; r# a8 n: N( \( [( zL: Michael，这电影可真棒！; \: |' U1 B$ S/ H9 f
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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. , V1 L0 ^, B* |( i2 L5 r, d6 B9 ^ 3 K1 E& U; ?" o+ W! \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！ 6 b8 @% @0 T6 A2 |7 k3 K9 D/ U' q/ \: t
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!+ t2 @' H& }# S1 O
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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。 - ?5 x ]) X0 f7 V0 p2 i' b) O. D0 H1 J2 K; S0 \3 M: s
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. & e v# l. v9 W& E ( N8 t. G2 q! Q3 m2 g4 L& N0 NL: 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？5 X! p1 X. H3 C1 A2 }0 E% y( I
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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. ' g) i, X9 b, x + ?2 T4 o$ C+ |" {8 E, `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。 8 [, B* u e9 u3 ^ % u4 j. ?, T MM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!* M) F( u9 w) T& i+ \. Y& S
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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！% Z. k5 i7 H/ Q% A
- f; m) o( _* u" @+ P% m5 BM: Whatever! ) G' `! s* Y3 a. j" M9 ] * N. [: v" L1 ?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。8 X$ h$ C) V# W2 K. E
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