; l. x) [9 |+ L3 }- x$ o v9 T$ QM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? , l6 J( t& }/ M( @1 t) Z! ]2 ]$ _) K/ z5 r$ Z& I
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！ 8 ^ P: I0 @" Q* C {/ E: q , v5 O d8 k" a' a5 `) K6 o8 r hM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.: Y9 D& ~' P8 z+ V$ Z
3 s' K, V% R* H3 ML: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?1 Y4 G) L, N. a9 k4 M8 x0 q
& K$ G% ~* z2 V# y/ b. H9 ZM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 4 J3 r G; h1 @2 u! @: @) r( K9 w2 {2 R" @; y1 Q( [7 n
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？ + g( |: a8 [' G( ]" t % ?5 L5 m" W% M8 O1 MM: 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...0 \0 N ]- q) u: 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？2 a% h" c* e* V# ?3 y
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.7 J" V' i$ Z2 b$ S6 }5 V
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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！ 3 Z4 U: C0 ]% K2 a; {% @ Q' o: R2 U6 P \$ f" K. i
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.( q+ ?4 h _# R
) |4 b9 x4 c9 n% 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！4 V+ O: c1 Y6 m# {) ]+ ]1 ~
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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! ! h7 p4 N% l- F$ B& C# J: {% k6 O d9 X8 Q( a0 Q7 [7 B
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 0 m1 ^3 ]; D, q8 ~5 H. E, m& N2 _5 X) Y$ @, d1 w, i
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 , U* X- I% I( h+ c5 y6 l ^8 ]2 x; m9 Y( I: W* f
(Michael和李华看完电影以后)3 H! x& Z! p: s3 X! o
4 n, r+ \8 Y) N$ \& CL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 7 ]1 {% q1 D+ R4 U5 i) B, h* A# Z8 J( z
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.# O4 _8 ?! V) t% |$ r* Y% K
7 x0 S2 `+ D `# ]6 U- O# v- UL: 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！ / d u9 e! [2 ?0 M9 W4 d. a0 C E 5 G0 t% V, P* Y/ eM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!# C6 @/ n: b" i+ R
+ Y6 i e! R0 D) jL: 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 V9 Z6 C, T V8 i6 o4 k
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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.% O Q' D. a9 ?7 q$ ?5 R
?* l7 R6 p; a3 EL: 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？" y8 J* D+ V! k; M0 c6 f5 h
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!" O1 ~, `% z1 \5 c5 S
% |, p2 A; x) S" EL: 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！+ F' s, F1 a! P* v) G
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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。0 t# `6 Z" k( c* X
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