流行美语口语 Popular American English - Lesson 27 - buck & whatever

Xbfeng

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。

M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?
& s3 O; S6 F* _" U5 X
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 e6 M% a6 q0 A, ]. `0 k
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.

3 a7 B, n. |  p# t+ G. bL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?

4 c% w0 u# A( \6 L) c8 Y( rM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".

% Z( t8 E7 j( P5 ^+ g5 d2 u( fL: 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？
3 v/ W5 y2 }: O3 x4 [! L
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...

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？

0 ]# a4 p, i1 Z% lM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.
1 R, _! S6 O+ O4 J3 H+ G2 K
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！
0 |  [$ [) o) ~8 _" I3 p. P
& }8 {; r6 q. x& VM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.
: A: M' P) d: A6 I
: O, ]2 I/ `$ E# g' ]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 K6 U2 y7 g3 F& p7 P* {0 i
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!
8 \  U( i0 Z$ D4 G% d6 v  u7 S) v( X
# X5 ]# t& Z' F: v+ _3 e! t4 ML: 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!

M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!
! T$ }2 U* Z! C6 c8 i# ]. w4 K; v' a3 w
  z! [  r6 e* @; Y4 ]3 Y7 }L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。
& E$ C: @, Q# }2 [# o
5 a4 b7 V+ Z! }" I) _& D3 P* U1 \8 h1 T(Michael和李华看完电影以后)
( A" B7 F5 P  {
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！
/ R4 W) d7 ?' w* v7 r  V( j# ~
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.
3 G4 a9 [4 h; P8 i
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！

* R3 G  I3 l  w" s! x* {) JM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!
8 G7 o3 J( y" z  ^" L0 m7 _
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。
3 F% Z9 j( {2 b1 q6 c0 A4 l
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.

: m* c, g1 P1 uL: 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& B. b1 L% a& n/ pM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.

! y4 D( Q: ]5 E1 nL: 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。

) b" E( B3 f0 n, v1 l2 HM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!
- _0 d8 R% M& p# z
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！

- J3 L- m% K8 ~+ m) K" FM: Whatever!

+ \3 Y4 c$ o0 H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。
Audio as following:
- q7 p+ k! M0 N0 H+ `  H! x