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。" b) m1 c: ~* o9 I" c( I" M% L
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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！ & X0 e0 C1 g! y; ^ . o) B9 ^8 ]0 J8 ~9 S+ S/ IM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 1 d3 R2 ]. P9 f1 Q" k4 s & ]& a* _2 L6 e6 }: }7 IL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?' J5 z/ O9 ` i: V: ?
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ' c. s6 }% D( M9 Y$ @' H $ c& t2 P+ O% |6 _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？ . U. p4 \% U+ W" r( v7 a; I& I& Z5 m( q+ L9 O
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... 4 v! y ^$ c" E' A8 X9 ?+ ]5 f* }' |0 q- f r& {* x2 V# ]
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？ - L* b- H& Q6 m2 [8 s# F 1 b M7 B; j. K6 X1 P0 J7 {M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. * X: x& ~, |8 W) k4 I% p. K0 F: a( [( H" F2 I# H6 u9 s4 A0 F$ p; F
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！8 H4 j) M3 s/ T- `4 {9 m
t: f0 ?0 F" ~0 x! }M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. : d3 m; I' r0 _ i! ?' ~- K' x9 g+ y; y) X% C* z
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 `$ G& D' K7 Y4 p/ O% W: Y! V; V
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!$ P- ~ \- c1 T
5 y# t& b( q9 _2 L5 E% U* DL: 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!7 `/ O# T6 q4 U" `9 K( J
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!9 ?6 C- p% f, U: o: m* s
3 K5 @6 }, Q- _3 \, y' a) VL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。( P6 C" j. T/ R F) W0 m
7 P. i y- D# Q: A* r(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 5 D2 D. f! X, z# w/ N ( V% e5 h" I# m# EL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ) j# @& U$ \' r# C W$ U2 q/ [) J, O2 J% V- o* k
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. 0 i. y: Q' g: Q: l% m: z, E6 x: I' c- M4 s
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 K! M8 J$ l' s: m S- |, A# X$ T g
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!5 l) x0 c: B% p- _0 E
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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。2 ]7 x4 @2 U+ P
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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. . I) R9 T3 v1 A6 @$ ] - I/ L, L0 [! l4 C) }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？ ; s+ U! t$ o7 Q3 p; f* m + v% {7 ?" v# ]. y4 a; A3 [M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.$ v" Q$ O' I4 T" V% q: H* I
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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。 / C( h' y0 f( Y% Z4 p" i6 _7 F( z 2 `+ t! D3 A- k2 M+ d) T& r' YM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!$ d; N6 C; c* m( V* [. B7 t% ]& P
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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！ 7 j0 a7 x! g) q! U. p. t) A* ?' y; j a6 x( ^9 [, [3 `( h
M: Whatever! " l Z' z1 u" q4 H B$ w0 o8 T* Y
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。 ' s7 Z `2 D2 C, y& l aAudio as following:) a5 R+ w8 ~+ h
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