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。 ! \: e. I7 [6 b6 F " S: X; q9 S$ V8 j& NM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? . W" @6 _( F1 {; g, d; a T1 Z$ b
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！9 E# |$ B' p2 P: L4 s& s
8 Z/ p# l0 G3 gM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks." h" o7 J' O. j7 E; R# I2 ]
: c& c) R1 l; T1 L FL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? # o" @2 K4 |. {% y( K3 C { 3 s) H; E4 _! i( N8 y8 Q/ _M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ! h) k5 i' B2 b; g- f( A* ]; Y" b4 A. a% H. ~2 V3 Z+ N; S2 f
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？ % {) k# w$ Z: |) ~( e/ X+ Z7 `! c7 X$ B
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...; a5 M! Y8 I) {* R
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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？ ( E0 e- X: @. O" f9 L1 W3 _. D! v6 L7 d$ t* w
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.+ K0 I4 o I5 V, \( ^
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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！, u* T1 k3 Q" f- D/ Q
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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.3 X, P0 c/ P1 K6 E7 n- `
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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！ ) J& @ Y& A4 x# G3 M) X ! [; U& I/ ^# b. d" j0 dM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!9 j3 l! e7 x' ^! {$ |
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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! 6 R$ O; l2 f c0 ? 4 O" o7 r+ h6 S/ S8 cM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! . U/ ?$ u/ `& s/ N6 L8 O% J. V8 {8 J % R# u, P' a/ c# c+ t N# HL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。& A$ ^+ {, A- U
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ) m/ Z& N: C3 w" W Y A, A! A& K& k; s4 U& q8 x) X
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. 8 Y4 d. D' o& C; L4 Z* w7 c+ Q1 R* R
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！/ a, O0 Y/ Z; i/ V* I( b( o
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!6 o) A6 j/ S0 F" r5 S
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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。# j, O% |# D5 S% @, l# E+ @
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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. ' J% S f0 u" S" y# [ ; L+ w" r' {) }9 d; L z5 I+ 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？ ' } h6 L: H; Y4 ~! k, P9 \' ~# z& N! |: q0 n0 _. |* k
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ; ~* o: f g9 D! L" {7 A1 E$ K' i: `& c' l' D6 P) x/ Q" G2 J* W, P& H
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。! \: H3 \, U! R, `# Q0 h
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! % i: S" ]7 M4 p& O3 T# h. ^: Y ^ q' E. a8 y; ]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！7 @% E: J1 C1 }3 K; `, z
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M: Whatever! * c6 S1 ^0 W. p7 b# u" T- ] * w1 v& z' \5 x& \6 M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。 ?0 C6 A( j6 E3 k9 [2 JAudio as following: 8 ^3 r; g/ X. G8 \8 `
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