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。 5 Q6 z( [7 l: q' s& f0 }$ t$ O7 X. I9 P( f( s. T" |
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?; G5 N; i+ W7 ^$ P7 {( s
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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！9 C4 j. O# t! o" ?/ M# c3 q9 X3 G
0 _2 o7 z1 j5 `. {+ Q- PM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.9 j; a4 t. C& x5 E: ^- O
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?. ~$ h2 ]# @# ?( o% T7 T! W
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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？ 7 @: U9 a+ G( b: B n4 `8 v$ D" l, x" b7 E6 D9 r
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... % W2 ?: v2 G- B+ T2 C, Y# Y5 a# k
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？$ b$ M& p1 Y+ g4 s
. i; q. x' J5 [! B( P% BM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. # ~- M' D# P1 w) P' F) T) x3 j c; 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！ ) ]( t4 C; M6 H# z0 v8 L- T* ?/ G5 {+ W2 Y
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.! d7 `1 K7 b: z" Y7 v/ X' ^
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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！& C& L$ V- |0 l Q8 a
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! u: D0 @% [7 _3 _- \+ a ' o5 g; }3 d% ` e0 x# M, ZL: 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! - W# g: ^ G. R4 \0 q" E3 n ) n3 h! m1 H3 @5 |" m. G% `9 RM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! - W, W8 ? T9 I; @1 }1 T # F1 v1 c+ T* L+ m6 c& ^# AL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 / z$ G5 A, j/ e/ d4 g; }6 [) P. H% W
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) ; \7 L' g! G5 A8 P) U" ^ J( Y# ~4 V ! u3 |! ?% x1 D9 [L: Michael，这电影可真棒！0 ^4 R7 y: ^9 K+ d+ }: L' x. c
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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. % L* [/ d( z/ b6 n: t; k' ]9 `) G- f6 S5 ~* P4 Y s$ w
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！; y. f6 h' I- v \9 v
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!# p! x/ E* o+ J4 n0 r
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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。 |+ I( {: L' L' {3 q9 ^- F
3 F, S* N" r0 N: Q8 `: _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. h1 \- e- b0 r$ A, Y; B2 Y% Z) l" g2 W6 {$ L1 X. B$ u2 r
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？" b' A7 A* k8 V" b# m s! \* {
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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.1 L+ @) ?, u. H* O! k7 N
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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。 & x. F% E, q& x% V( e% R& D& |* ^* C" \5 |0 w$ }
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!2 E6 m- e: z" y, X0 s9 w1 g
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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！! {9 K- a" q. |5 c$ i+ T$ n
2 G$ @# n2 C# F# | H2 xM: Whatever! ' `0 i* E% y. A& [0 N$ t! |) G " B) p A; n/ E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 f) h' I' @6 ]" g }7 ?Audio as following:# v( Y1 s: R8 j3 C9 R8 O% z; {- R
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