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。+ `7 |6 W( J- o B
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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！3 e! p. m3 \& y8 u
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.$ d8 j9 o4 I. `
. {" v1 o" N2 }( V L8 p/ Q9 ~L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 2 e+ [; M# g. q) ]( d$ u; A8 Q( P! n4 @
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".7 B m l! ?, L6 A O' B
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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？ & D; G( [2 u2 l' R ?0 q" c- v' l9 [
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... + J+ t, L/ j+ y3 ]$ S- f0 O; l$ }
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？$ X3 X# {' j, `& W" ?
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ( `' ^ }1 a8 F8 X4 x ' L7 n8 J3 }6 ^3 }( M' UL: 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！5 k) I( l/ C3 @5 N4 O- h/ ?
* I) K+ F7 A3 p, XM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example., Z; Z( Z: `8 I& _
+ D; g4 k% _2 F9 M/ y& g- VL: 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！, A( |/ }4 F: b
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!( T% K: L) S z) S7 G. s6 o1 A, e: p
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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!( ?' V6 P- U- r1 C
b1 s/ R0 d9 W; \# jM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 2 Y6 _. R! \& I5 [9 K4 X" t: Q! a ) X7 `: V* Y9 S- Y$ Z$ S- VL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。8 s v7 @0 }2 t2 ]
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$ x. y5 F0 ^. I4 G' b$ }/ rL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 3 P- r$ W# G3 i8 W% |8 N7 r0 E& c$ O1 j2 j. L7 F5 b, z
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. 4 E7 \4 g; U0 ^2 l' R V" a9 R W; ~5 D
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！ 1 G9 B- b3 g: A ( ^5 ]. r& w9 Y3 K6 ^) \M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!. e5 C K5 F" a$ h3 i
& v% g1 ~1 e* X+ Z% E2 UL: 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。 : [' y4 n/ E, s2 b5 m! F5 f, ^; f' m# X' K" k
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. / @3 l' Q4 G+ z; k8 K3 d* Z! `. d- L! s [+ 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？& t* y- w4 c# k$ [& q9 q/ V
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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., F+ a1 q3 y c% z N7 u5 v
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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。 + B, h% n; _, i/ A: c5 `, I 7 O* Y# g, J/ F1 F! W1 M5 KM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!" D+ ]4 _# D5 y: m0 q
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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！ , M# q. M0 Z2 u3 E [- v 7 n, L& {: I. Q8 F( P4 G. `( cM: Whatever! + ~7 g. [2 a0 `! s1 n 2 ]; s q. _# 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 m+ B4 D! t6 F8 \0 T. C2 m- lAudio as following:* i, L: G4 D4 I8 p$ K
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