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。3 @' E( w) {) U1 X' T
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?4 \1 u# [& S6 E& O) A" D; M
$ a6 _$ z3 o6 J8 D! D, BL: 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！* K" w/ \, h+ z
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.; ~4 ^% ]3 I$ O: G, L2 X
* z& M: x; \5 x# r$ VL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?3 \2 ?0 n3 Y! L7 r/ W. o
0 A Z- {, f! {3 qM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".0 `$ x# o- ^! m( _
1 c/ b# P$ |5 h0 M: jL: 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？9 ]: X& P4 d8 a3 V4 {% r8 X
8 c$ I9 ?% J+ C7 n; qM: 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... ( ^% {/ O7 \5 j4 y7 D/ Q4 @- Y% f ) V( ]7 `+ C1 WL: 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？ 8 x A4 J6 K+ M2 [6 n6 T: F 3 ~/ L- j% w/ Z# @M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.- Y# d/ h; n. L0 s9 J1 s* E- t
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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！ + n7 p; K$ @6 H! G: w1 O+ t" s0 a
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.4 L. C' A4 v- X: ~3 n( e& n! @6 W* M7 ^
' k5 L' i8 k, y2 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！7 m" v0 U, z9 `( E, \) V0 O/ Y$ d! b
( Z8 q/ _0 l4 M% G4 c' h gM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!8 T4 T/ E2 r% U. M
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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! ! _+ n: J' i% }7 o. Y0 z ]4 `; W, B$ [3 ~3 _
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 9 ?* q! M" P$ O( f) M6 @ 3 E6 Q7 y+ `; [5 aL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。* h& M& Z4 z9 f4 m) F: A
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！1 G, c X1 T7 V6 l+ W% }- C. z1 g
( _8 P6 \$ N, t6 l9 a* TM: 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. , g) X/ H9 _1 l L" a8 V' y. d / |! {9 H& @+ ?1 V1 c6 H- kL: 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！ 8 X' q/ I7 t4 U. s4 F 8 ~7 M& @( F k0 r( s4 MM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! " S% J0 {* q* }- z9 k2 R) \2 {+ H# y4 ^) n
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。 2 P. N: Z4 P2 r4 J3 D 9 t2 r2 `" y- \% s F2 _% l Z9 \# wM: 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. 2 i8 N; R B* k# \+ _- n 5 `$ [' U( p' z$ |8 SL: 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？- X7 a! Y) r0 i# |9 C9 O, Q
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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. ) M2 A4 b6 Q0 @6 s/ z2 H# P! l : K$ H1 o+ S Z4 X6 ~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。, h9 W: ~ U% \* X" u$ R
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ! d4 _ `5 S1 i9 O% h9 M* E9 g+ u 1 H/ K0 A0 g$ J9 W; x$ 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！ 7 E7 S. q x& y% @0 o$ I' C 4 E- D9 f( i5 g1 D/ ?; }M: Whatever! / o; N6 w8 N. F ; g+ A9 o- _0 e% r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。 5 q5 g4 n% o# C. s: nAudio as following: ' W, }% a- F! e( ~; V/ v. K' z
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