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。 : J W9 y) l2 |/ u- e7 V$ ?& N" W8 i
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 6 b( s8 ~# B+ }( I7 b# i% G3 k) j6 r' F7 o$ V& o/ X8 G6 A
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！+ [+ k9 `9 Y" W* U
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.9 |, _, a( y. p! c6 u1 ^
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?2 k- l7 ^- W/ g- y, s2 d' J8 ]7 r
7 ~/ ]8 Q" ?' C0 B+ M9 _, M2 m) QM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". + E9 _2 m% q9 y$ L+ S' E' m4 [8 E8 Z& o+ ]+ n& \/ A+ l
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 C w' N9 h+ O, s
; Z- Z% c9 T7 {4 ]. I) g8 X4 q9 o4 GM: 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... % m1 I4 x. ]8 i9 i& F3 w( I+ r' b) D" t o0 j! S- r b
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？) u7 U8 ?# t7 G( m! V
4 U: c c' n3 [0 c+ N6 aM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ! u' ^8 Z# s1 g. }% p4 O& i" x4 w; ^
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！0 J+ @9 A' S3 L3 }/ n6 Z& ^3 Y
8 D6 K* y5 f4 D" ?1 {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' C5 J2 w( W$ |, E
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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！ 7 j2 N% L# S/ x. U M" O9 v3 K& o& E& Y& D# _
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 3 ]# O, z- q" h8 c/ P/ y1 N, b$ ?. p; B. Z4 X z
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!; b" ~. M0 ]" r' j" M' @
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 5 W+ \8 m" D$ ~+ y( i0 ^. ~1 T& }) S# E% P/ l; b
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。! i7 C- ^8 ^. _
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) : E2 F7 F( s' {0 p$ N3 d L+ d) t) I, @" ]/ ~( B7 t+ a
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！# `* S7 O- Q) A0 B4 q
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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.! o; M# Z+ f0 H0 G. o
5 d& Z) k' \4 J( aL: 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！4 C5 R) a9 g! w: R. L% {# z+ K, f4 F- n
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!) e2 V- ~0 Q1 z
3 R9 | A) z. _) tL: 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。% W* Z$ o4 I$ v5 k4 ^
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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. 1 s% g# z4 F" D$ ^. W' \3 T5 e0 T- {4 X$ E) D, U& M1 t: g" X1 }
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？6 Z# K! i! q+ D' B# m6 p
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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.7 |8 A7 }' p8 D; t6 }" |$ F7 ^$ T
9 C( {3 J, @! i3 G3 ~# v- NL: 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。/ D ?2 K3 f$ u, h* z# N
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! : R [( h! f" X/ Y# F- D1 s3 k4 }2 _% f0 b/ g" w: j( K' |: @
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！ % r8 q! c4 w/ j8 ]0 J5 c' V / t1 R+ o- ^) O- ~3 x$ BM: Whatever! 4 \4 S4 M0 [. j7 j6 I1 ?: D- s4 j- q6 a& |
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。/ \* S3 W4 ~2 g. G2 U
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