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。3 i" t& E3 }2 d7 t9 e* U
$ p# x; W% I6 G, eM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?; r z) k3 l8 A, Y. G$ V; X# x
( @8 s# X R* `7 k! FL: 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！! b! w* l' G" D7 l" L2 q8 P# O4 B& R
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 9 B* U% f4 _- g. m % c" ?7 J, \% Z+ f6 WL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?5 @. P; m- ?! f" d0 {) `3 A
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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？3 A Y$ p. Y: f( {0 |
4 ]0 z8 d" |; `4 z. kM: 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...4 S* Z6 ~# ?1 @2 F1 A+ I) M
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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？0 \' K2 q0 c* e1 C, v/ d
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 4 D. y8 S5 ]. ?, {6 {5 W) b0 l9 q ) t- y; D* ~# S2 rL: 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# x' S) `, V4 l6 [ 8 B" m/ a: V( T( n aM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.- M/ M* _. W; W" t# ]6 O. u5 }
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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！1 e/ P; M9 s7 r/ G' s
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! " V9 Q! P, F5 [2 L7 h' ]$ v, b . F6 [" z% C8 _' ^& d+ BL: 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! * {0 u( } k u1 T0 r$ V 6 R9 H% J6 y( xM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!( F$ a% f* T& d0 I. G8 ]( G
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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。5 [* J0 G! X# h A: K
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ % S6 A5 x/ K, j$ W, d% {* H+ H' }' t1 B8 O& T. h% k# C
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& |2 B9 \7 t) T* }1 r4 Q5 v7 u7 h3 y4 q+ \. |
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！4 @' ~3 h1 O: V; q7 d: s1 j
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!2 ]6 @! a1 D/ \ A
6 y5 B- d/ l2 K! m! [7 h- OL: 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。 . P6 ?9 k; G4 F" I3 L& r5 D" Y4 Y5 ]4 i7 Y. ^
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. # l0 S6 _. _# N5 v: q+ E3 G( b6 c+ ^5 L2 k# Z r
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？ - R: @, L; C* F& p7 m6 z, ?( h6 l; I9 J
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 9 x( _4 ~) R W4 @) c E- l! \8 O7 Y# ]' U0 M
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。7 `* u# j# N& V. [: }
6 [2 ^4 N7 b0 n; rM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! : U+ x# w+ Z7 l4 i" X 6 g) |8 Y2 d0 Z% 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！ ! c3 @7 M0 W f$ K" ^# } ; v) Z8 o4 t* f$ q o, C3 _M: Whatever! $ n* N" D8 d4 `3 R* h/ [ 9 C8 {: U$ l2 p! u5 J4 m0 ]/ ]8 w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。2 t* Z5 i& I. I4 }0 g' l. }: H$ K
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