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。 1 h& p' F P2 h# L! ~( b# B # Z+ E* S' z# h" ~M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? / J2 y# d% W9 X. B ] ! k- v O( m. k. VL: 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！ # l7 @: L' k, o" e' P) s$ v- g* N& _8 V $ X7 q, p# U7 `4 ?M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks., r/ c# S8 f$ E* h; \; c
( h+ s1 o" F- @2 n6 }7 XL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?7 C8 V4 Y- {' L2 l. X8 V
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 2 l; w6 i# `3 J/ c' W" z; J) X+ n. h3 G# y4 W
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？" c/ z$ a0 b) p' x( L; Q) y
* m3 b2 F4 ~5 j4 aM: 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...8 f# P; t& a4 v& `) W2 p9 v2 X: g
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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？ . b; G; J4 E Y* h* x ]8 _) i* z- J! f, G
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. . _6 z. D3 i) w4 F7 B( Y" M& f2 `# \$ _6 v# M
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！" N* C. v/ ]( H+ R& |* s" m
. H' @ S/ `: j. hM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. . s! ]/ C4 _6 \) W d/ y . V, x( v; C4 E7 B% I1 s3 }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！' O/ O( {7 D0 D! l1 t. J Y$ S
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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!0 b% [& l- O: G8 j% \( ^8 i$ |
* }7 t2 u" _1 ?: y( WM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!5 ~" [" S V2 w; p5 ]% u8 A
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！; q% O; X/ {- P$ E
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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.2 ^. }" V; v7 M
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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！2 _. i H$ m2 f. k) ?8 x
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! + s5 @$ x& K2 U' R) x; b% R! P( y2 f/ A, g
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。 0 a$ ^+ B; x9 G* c- q# R4 E- P# ^; ]% i * c5 ?& z$ Y* JM: 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. 0 j- u8 H# C1 f: J% E. Q2 y( [! `" D E5 ^5 C% G
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' f- w5 r) B3 U. n- I( n k, a! P
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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.4 p2 y1 g) F( E! E
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! , l9 x" `+ K4 u" A4 J6 [: H4 x! `; M- N+ B9 R
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' I. Q5 e0 S0 W + M8 [) j) w# u4 Q# e7 `M: Whatever!. P; U/ X3 c) u. |2 G3 L
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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。. M3 K5 Z7 u* [* s
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