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 {8 f9 S0 r$ u
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ' ]1 K; W V: f" X9 `8 S) x . l9 o* t( |& TL: 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！$ _- ]! D( ? {/ K- r. O' |9 s
" m- N3 W3 C9 V9 yM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ( l( L6 ?9 L; E" g& E. ` w6 c8 q" d% u% q4 H3 }! I
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 1 O3 l: Y" n4 b( c+ B' Y! L 1 [) F8 [& G+ n/ t' l# rM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".! m. {/ p/ K: w" P
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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？ . z9 e' _1 E+ \, j. P i * i) N p0 w/ y; b9 b- S! jM: 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/ d8 M/ T, {/ ~3 G8 z 2 w9 D* {9 [+ h* M5 kL: 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？ % N- V, Y6 u! `% r% x5 M C3 n: z
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.$ T- U5 b; N1 F/ v1 `5 r: o
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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！ & b& T; ?7 ~' {6 b) L0 q 9 B( {3 @7 F) E+ uM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.# S% ^7 y- A: ]
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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！ 9 {' x/ i1 H' \* D, o; U3 j) U" m9 v8 o* N3 l
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 6 a3 ]' Q% Y. P" j4 l3 r6 `6 G3 L* g Q/ D: p. N* D. v9 b
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# j* u* A& z/ v/ j& p- I & Z }2 d( V: {, {/ k7 @M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!" F, _3 \0 S5 v: t6 e0 @
6 o/ K8 a) `2 kL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 , Y, ], V, B: [7 Q: j " t: w6 m6 j8 _2 W(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 9 M4 I' J0 k5 I6 G- I. L: f5 o. b- _4 f3 b7 n
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 2 \- f1 s5 p) C# Z: `6 J' C7 b$ u/ M; L# A+ S3 t# w! d1 ^
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.5 K: b* S' I5 E; m6 e
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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！ 8 d% m2 A; y+ K8 p/ b: e6 ]4 m0 q) C2 q
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ' W0 |0 U0 ]1 Z9 \8 k . K! R: Y6 r1 J. RL: 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。 7 h" q* ?# j$ l- J$ V" e7 d. N; K ) B, n4 y2 B/ }! k9 y2 z3 Y, f6 MM: 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.. p) c9 @( S+ O& l! }
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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？ 3 t3 B4 k5 y8 B8 O ?% S4 y1 e- j1 a6 z4 y5 L# C
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 0 \1 A6 P7 b/ k( y6 B 3 r9 |# e1 v: j: p* p8 |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。 # X8 {+ m- \/ M: z! M& |( \8 g4 W5 Y2 ?
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!; R( B: n( e5 F+ ~
N8 a O: ]6 a% v0 u* A% K* SL: 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. Y9 K3 @, Q3 b$ s0 c
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M: Whatever! ! I$ g5 d, P4 ?$ I! W7 ], P5 |6 [7 v* } 1 C) z& A) {% P3 u0 o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。9 p- T) v9 P1 v5 z' Q
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