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。' h9 n, p6 e, g# \
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? & D0 l4 S/ ^% c% }3 G/ d - F! f c& V) @# iL: 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！ 0 p7 U X: {* w. |. y% S" W5 I' F/ u
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.1 N C8 B. z1 q/ R/ J# M- n
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 5 ?; ~" Q' ]" l. N+ |& s# R" X4 A" G* X
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".: W1 @$ V, K' ^/ w
& g$ l6 `9 t+ [& dL: 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？ u8 Y4 i0 q7 d" Z ) U* A; G7 }: d3 [6 yM: 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... H. }- E: k( |# P 0 X+ Z5 S9 c' T; Z9 S% |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？/ p* Y9 B4 i; X% k6 t
8 D) S4 A% J& h" S" t8 {6 i8 AM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ; S T4 n1 ^* L/ H7 B. i2 p7 H. [" N$ w, Z
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！ % E p9 {9 a! N& z6 j3 Y% d; t& [: j6 L" w3 G$ c1 q7 P
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example." n: y8 _. q: e% }7 [) F, c
# ^3 T+ ^ C% u$ o: {/ v! yL: 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！ " [* a; W9 N: y3 l- A: Q# K. g# p. p' a% F. G7 m4 I- X) r
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!1 ~% l+ r: s+ q! F/ r' m
' L T( D/ {- r% F3 i9 \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!% _* D) @% \2 a" A0 N& n9 J
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!% @2 M, W3 L: _
: X3 y4 j5 M' M4 X/ f0 DL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 5 t: H2 ?6 y) T+ [0 k" t/ m. y6 Z* u B
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) $ ?& s& k% ?0 Z& u4 I+ v & h+ E, @! o! ~$ U' pL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 7 E4 E6 m: H. q. w; d! @( z' N* o! k: t7 `$ m6 t; w+ [
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. 1 M& l# z# _+ A + c* O) q9 M; c- vL: 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！ 5 x, W# j! U9 P7 @, G; S8 d8 }) N" w7 ~$ T& z
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 5 H( d7 j/ y- u! K/ S 4 j( D$ e# s! k3 h& B. Z3 zL: 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。 * Z7 e m ~3 Q: E" j) l! U0 \9 g) o: f& r+ a% @2 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. 9 G. M4 A7 C, k/ z$ S; a6 T 6 q; W7 X8 q) w. V3 oL: 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？ 2 [( r6 ~& | v$ H8 z$ j1 e/ _9 q4 A- R! w! C# K% L) C4 a m
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. % s2 F ^% R; f' z4 q * @. M2 X/ u, v0 T. hL: 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。 4 C* j" E, k2 R$ J& h, d( e/ E: `6 \; L1 I) [6 w
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! , L: Q& g: _9 n6 n( e. W$ M' p) z, D2 ^9 m% h& U0 B! r4 h- F% ?0 B( J" G
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！+ k; {5 }' ^4 [* U1 O
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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。 9 P' H3 k" ~' a7 B/ VAudio as following: % p/ v& b/ J- r2 \2 z* l2 F* w7 b
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