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。 7 S3 u8 f/ \$ O$ V/ H; x6 R , @' n4 @* O e$ K/ FM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?1 ]* W& d3 p. N" p7 ?0 _
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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！& e2 R+ v! N. n( S; I1 y
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 3 O6 O* l) c% m7 U" d! n. K0 r- }" |
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?8 z$ C' n# |; k+ X1 l7 P5 e2 t m
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".! P; |0 `8 ]; f7 Y8 @; t3 i: d
( g1 d) f! q3 U# ]: PL: 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 o; S- c7 D" q7 ] . x- U) h, `0 o4 E- Z" ^$ rM: 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...: z+ k* K8 e, K
6 a8 V$ ]- n! A# I# T: CL: 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？6 W6 e4 m c$ J" c
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. " O* W: m# i8 ?: D/ U6 B/ x6 U# k* @1 T; b
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！& k s f& t3 X: n
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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.! h1 }4 l+ k1 z$ |0 n3 K
: f5 t( N! {; |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！- y4 w4 h( ^. p+ w! K
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!: Y3 m& b6 E" o& z+ W
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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!, V. e4 G8 {: N+ V8 F; I
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 4 E7 k7 A6 m: m' b, W $ O5 l! J- P. lL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。+ d8 V/ Q( D' h
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, x, L+ Z4 ^) QL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 0 t w; h: S% J$ w# w & s# f, o7 m" w1 n4 O+ C) xM: 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. ! Z0 C' J! f' [) ^" [$ x! }5 [9 M1 L* U+ L/ k
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！9 ]0 d, u/ [2 f& M
2 m( b" ^+ C/ H9 P& c9 P& t) YM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 3 }. J! [7 y! t7 w4 D 1 z* v( K$ h1 m5 ]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。 5 Y: G. ]5 h- l9 F* f4 b8 F6 Y; A$ z. z; i( c, V0 u
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. & B% \" [: I0 {: b/ W' H* z6 P) p' h: y7 `! f! [" b7 Q& t
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？* c: p3 ^$ ~) e) ^- E5 i! F
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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. : ~2 q4 ]" l$ Y# b* a5 G! J' Y! V; L! E) P
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。 & T9 a* ^9 p2 ?5 Z4 ]* M0 b/ T, P& G
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!4 H. I8 J! j2 u; d8 \# l
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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！0 g( @& \, T8 U7 U+ Z2 H: t
5 v k8 v' ]( J. I" l- VM: Whatever! * R* k& S* F4 V, X. K/ y % P- a, r1 q9 C% j2 w3 \6 r4 Q( d- 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。 1 U* P! F0 F3 U0 CAudio as following: 4 e& _' q9 G$ Y5 c
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