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。 * u$ l g# ?/ | & ]% ?, `9 L- n4 ]M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?7 T1 }2 M' J' W/ [( }/ W
! a* }0 A' s, ?6 ^( Z* LL: 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！* J% ]8 M& b8 t
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 6 p: j- G- x( _ 5 R, G- `- g9 N( a& `# `" `L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? # z j; s+ F" Q/ ~! H7 v 4 l$ [5 ~$ M6 ?; qM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".( C$ P- k; r! s5 m0 {+ w1 l, L
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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？4 g% K) }' l& A# g2 y1 t
2 w. s" c" I3 G3 u+ E' VM: 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...2 S/ @* O8 K2 R0 U x) {0 I
, e/ T+ U; Y6 n2 Y7 xM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. * X" x l* k# O& y( ]$ ]; d/ N8 J2 n% d( ]$ H4 I
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！) W2 `. c5 u, m7 N
4 D6 K4 p1 _# g2 `/ d1 _M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.% j- A, ]$ f- n1 i, C! h. D9 p( T
/ C9 o I# m1 h8 N5 y5 tL: 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！ ( e7 x: q. Z/ y& q; Y7 b + W6 D7 M! j' Y1 c$ p b- _M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 7 r p4 M* ?& ]+ J. _! T( L: i: l3 @ }
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! 8 ?, {" W2 t% Z: Z9 N : [4 N6 V; o" }5 dM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!; K% I; m5 Y Z2 z1 ]0 k
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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。 5 ]2 f6 U/ b6 k6 s+ {4 R1 q 0 h) m8 ]* e0 G T(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 7 |* W) W( I7 g* q , m& ]; t& H9 K' zL: Michael，这电影可真棒！' o6 L5 z% n/ {! y; b
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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." N7 _- y1 |1 W7 D
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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！ ' _- f+ B/ K2 A3 ? " {8 S% l( S+ U! ^M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!, i" Q$ g% z- O! [$ K' j
- L: H0 p0 c3 v2 ~3 v9 K, ]" FL: 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。 # g6 C. n- ~$ V8 q5 K # q4 g; a2 w" @7 W TM: 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.5 `, d# d. @4 Q9 b- D
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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？/ c+ S2 l' u7 r6 g
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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. ; b6 A; Z) d, r7 U 1 q2 F* Y& Y4 ^. W9 c5 n+ o3 LL: 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。 ) X# }; ]' L: V' j# B : o- ~ ^3 W7 E/ Y7 S6 d) _0 `M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! , L' O. H; Y: w; {. L3 P) x! `* P+ y O+ a% w; n; S1 g1 W
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！ - {# R5 M* N8 @' t' s 5 [ }0 N& A9 h8 TM: Whatever! / b3 t2 _) J0 U, S, t, u/ G1 T! C
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。4 E+ z E6 Z1 o% k+ P
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