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。* S! a: A; F2 Q2 G
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?/ [9 g7 I( a" Y
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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！! G& Y6 q# f Z0 o. j
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?8 C# Y# B' j5 J
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".' w5 e- E+ M9 ^. E8 g# v
) q: e. g1 j h, `: Y1 Z% B6 l. LL: 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？7 v) o! X) J4 e3 p+ n M, Y
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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...9 k) S0 x5 y% C% ^3 i% X. a2 l# ?
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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？" f8 w$ B7 h; \) a
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. # H4 j5 `0 V7 f 3 z1 _ e0 o, H; C# t/ x4 @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！# `( |. c( A1 H3 O0 N( p- X! J/ H
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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.# `5 r: i9 m: i! U6 [7 I
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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！ 8 T( Y) S/ M, m; Y: [# g! s0 @% L2 S" t" {" e/ [
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!+ _' V: s5 x2 d6 s$ f3 ` j* G
6 F$ G+ K9 F, K' Y" W) jL: 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!9 f- x. y6 m3 \, h* o
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!6 k6 X: c" y; {# Y- |/ A7 m
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L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 ' m$ R/ d2 a* d2 ]) D0 q7 E; I t. @! p! M
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！/ S. Z! J& h6 v# W
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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！- v( s* f% w% c! ?6 i( h6 B0 u
S U, c6 ?, z2 J! B/ W: v) SM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!: ^9 Q+ y. g) N. H8 @
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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。 / Y' k9 ^& i4 l" t2 b. ]8 G$ h" _9 [/ F2 O. z8 s$ ]6 {- D
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. * A- } M; i% a0 c7 i1 {8 Z- R6 l. `! @2 H! D/ S
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？ * V: X Z: t4 H; {* y% [4 M ( p H' D! l z# K1 OM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 1 ~! Y+ i$ W d% X. h S, I# }9 F( S$ M: L1 v- m0 u
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。+ w3 X% o) e: X! a7 a) `9 c1 L
( S/ R! F* `$ G: f% [# z8 IM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! / G/ O& J! W2 S0 n 1 c" P0 _* Y# m- O% {; 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！ ) `" m; n! [- w% C3 y) `- Z : W0 E; o3 u s: _; k$ KM: Whatever!( L, ~0 |; O( { `% l( n. P
5 x2 S8 `" k2 j3 M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。 k/ _7 E O, k
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