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。$ C! H# M/ a: g' c' f ^
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ~8 K2 z* p0 u! e$ U
$ u7 [- K# N6 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！ * |5 ^' Z3 P6 i P5 E0 p4 D ) l; x0 n9 G+ w& S+ S: z) G2 bM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks./ E# P+ V O% G' H* ~2 @
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? % N8 z- i; O$ c " b3 c# B8 o1 M* Y' xM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 8 b3 ~4 q$ o- B3 ~' V$ E0 O v % L" v6 B; X. P' D3 RL: 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？8 x) V' R0 w1 x$ ]1 s
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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... 0 G; o# E+ b' D9 Q2 {- Y' D* | ; Q6 O2 E, H4 m1 G) fL: 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？4 g. w. V" A$ g& s/ w/ D0 S
% k& k8 H# \; u0 fM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.. V0 {8 E& \6 \# L' X+ M
# b/ O# L! e& x# s5 U2 _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！* @# A# p+ W) Z; K/ }
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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.& ?$ ~( g5 D$ p* l, @# ` w
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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 |# E' d( L5 V: A' s; h% E
8 z* I6 @+ g/ F7 x) M0 q# g7 JM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! % s0 R% p" S) g" O( b7 t _4 ?& y1 j' f' c' a
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!' R- k. a5 b# j" X: S% G+ {
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!1 I* y2 _* b9 u, c6 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。 0 _' G* F1 F: @+ N- p1 T' h6 ]' {* L6 u" Q; |6 T5 i3 H6 b- k
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) / w: E* ~7 D# n4 G& C# O! q' r' X+ j# L8 w# B" H, J8 y
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ' b" Z* K$ V8 q) P: H' p; v( J+ G% a! q% G$ g/ U: E8 E
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.! n: T( A2 \0 ]3 {- h: `
& `! B. ?* }( Y8 A: uL: 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 Q$ U: E6 @6 o6 ~7 x5 K; P+ E P ]+ m0 k1 f& U5 ^M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! . @; {4 s3 A) S , B$ V) ^( ?! e7 ~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。+ S* _/ V e! g0 v6 i" Z7 D
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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.. \$ w2 _9 F- _3 Q' U9 i# h: a! ^
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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。# e) o3 N4 e) c4 R0 X; K5 S9 v
$ r; x% Q! G+ pM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!1 n: Q8 N% Y# n. `
# q+ `7 V6 g5 v$ O0 u5 VL: 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！ + `: }) f5 M5 v* u4 u2 E$ Z% s: {8 E, u# d" [* D
M: Whatever! ! _) R2 _9 Y9 L% W! G6 H8 C7 n4 E$ c/ U- [! }6 M+ c
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。; c8 Y( B! p3 Z8 Z" P( P6 w2 I! X8 ?
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