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。 / P+ y+ w5 i8 M# r8 Z* u5 T- [ U " v6 ?* [* K6 K* a. c. c5 p* zM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?0 u' Q8 f! _3 W8 a
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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！" b% k+ g) U0 q7 Z' Y
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? + ^9 Q8 I# C/ ^; A% K7 I. `3 l, l2 O% A% {( K9 K
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".+ D! a% Y4 l' P% Q9 `6 F
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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？ 0 C/ G5 n% N. `, s# f; V# O/ X! s& c: X; k9 e& L+ n$ e
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 a9 r, F/ V1 q# w1 e( p
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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？: S l$ k {9 G: d) d$ l
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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！ 6 Q/ T% d' G/ u9 E% b3 u / J5 d4 l6 ]. y. R% UM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.7 B5 g3 z9 z. W! x+ ~8 h
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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！" T; e+ u* d6 u I' F) l; i" y4 p
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& j, U5 M: O1 ]1 @1 K( vL: 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!' F/ W7 k5 K% z$ `) z
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ; Q9 j5 ]8 T3 R* k 8 p: Z/ l9 i" n- b9 g% n, J3 KL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 ! T5 ~0 L; ^: W; U2 ]0 E' i " g! b% y1 D! g: u; N( j& k7 r4 s(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 2 V0 X; k/ ~5 B0 p* u/ _3 d$ M4 A( Z+ X. ^% a# |% n
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ . S# } s+ T6 o% i0 a+ v; J* \* X/ F9 n: M- C0 x
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. % D' C5 d0 J! y, J2 H, K1 l' j& _ : F( n& a; k' t1 Y: A, z/ ML: 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！ * k0 ^! G9 O" I& z , T' p8 K; D( N. IM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ! |" ~7 O U$ K; a: W) @* k, | . @% A; q$ s$ I( S- R" {0 }2 W6 QL: 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。 $ e0 F+ E. l9 E4 c! h; T( d3 r% u# ~: c
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. k* `& u: O) Y1 t2 I8 P
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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？* Y: t4 J2 c! R: `# I$ ]+ o; j: z: 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., a) K! S1 Q, t7 s3 z
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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。 ) t; X( U. b! k. L, N . ]& w" f* y; o- ^% u# a7 [3 F, QM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! % d; l) B7 X% k$ ], Z+ ]! ?$ ]: n3 Y
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！; A9 D3 y1 j4 [! K+ ]1 [
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7 u; A8 a# |, q$ C# i$ T1 I3 x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。; X, F+ l! D2 G' O+ O6 O, [
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