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 c' V% e% V1 v& J2 G1 v/ ^0 i# p9 N! d \# g" M$ i# x0 }
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? . s# p5 D2 @$ F* R5 y; N$ ?4 U2 n0 g/ |. E
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！ 6 ^7 V% F! ]- B 6 A6 o( c/ s6 J/ x4 U8 S! [M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.- n/ z* l8 _! C
1 ?6 M; V- V3 D1 b9 _5 D, }L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?! b0 B+ q8 |& _: }% L
- A! a" c( n! o, F0 W! |5 lM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".6 D9 `, j: X" t4 R( X
& R6 t+ Q8 I1 `0 t& L. EL: 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？ ) Q3 ~3 y# s! ~. @; v7 i) ~+ i- R( l5 | [$ x. ~$ @
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 L: P3 }- Z" \0 U" Y' Q
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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？( j8 ]+ F8 M' L g# }
- ?5 t: H+ _! F- D0 O9 ^M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 1 q+ @& x2 ~2 ^( P) `* @0 M / y) u3 w9 w, Z# _, z8 d/ hL: 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！ ( o3 }/ Y2 |8 z" L; d4 h9 s8 M; ~+ n , C5 g/ |! k& A7 ^4 b7 B9 bM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. v) P! T. Q/ z* U" d: L8 M0 n. N" Q/ b; g: A, |% \
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 j5 @8 U, D0 W; Y; i& t" g) ]/ _% i% W3 ^
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!& R% Z, i- l' D9 D" J( x
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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! / ]' v2 Y( K N! t( t0 d4 C8 ^" {6 s8 F8 q6 n& d
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!" |2 U( A# ]6 [( v: @& Y# M) w
8 [" B, H$ f. r- s5 i) P {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.' L6 y' e7 Q! _9 b
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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！ ' C1 M* x4 a: Y- ?. g$ [ / j9 ?1 E/ q# A. M( O0 X; K- XM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 1 v% ]2 ~! ?" o/ I: w' r . U a5 S( S4 y+ c( n) r) bL: 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。 f+ r1 I* h) [6 V' A/ G
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9 Q! O) L1 q8 g" S: A( m% s# E8 NL: 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？' m. F6 O* [* X: x
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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.8 H" n b r: j0 u. r
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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。) D3 B% g, h/ u
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 1 ]8 |6 ]7 [- K2 p8 w, H, W% C & ]" I* M' u7 a% D; tL: 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！. V, g% p, l: n5 ?. i8 T" b
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M: Whatever! 1 G, A: j1 N+ j' r5 q 6 M8 N, U% Z6 f7 a- Y# j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。 , c% G3 f5 {7 X, ]4 eAudio as following: 3 t) q; Z. x$ C( Z% h. o8 l7 F3 h( B
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