, D' [! F' l# U, q; n3 IM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ( l- g: _$ ~1 ^& Z8 D# p ) S/ O+ Y" |$ l' ~. o; u6 X8 KL: 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！ ) ~* o! ~7 _4 u9 y# L/ \5 k+ F z- d* F% l- f+ g
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 8 u3 l* \* F/ f, c# q Q1 m$ \) F' J6 X7 e0 ML: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?' K4 S% W, p8 b8 |$ k
! T6 [% {% k5 {. k: ~" V+ M& H5 \2 nM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 2 A/ e5 _4 B& ~ c5 b$ m" a8 Y2 j/ j; f. F- S8 r
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？5 }: n A" `" Z
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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... " s/ x/ A* W2 c$ f* u& {# j0 _ 3 W4 G# x) [7 {" w8 y6 ?1 Z# xL: 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？7 {; M) ^4 L% M
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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！ & W8 ~1 E, e) Z& z- m( Z: ~4 v ; H) k. }2 B9 H+ t4 r# d+ EM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.2 P- m6 x3 M) u3 N+ N
& b) r7 @# H( L! k) W3 eL: 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! F" f) {' y2 ?4 U
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! + z- ~: c/ h$ X& {( u+ u 0 Y& M* w* P; m$ {" t; A; J1 CL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。% g, I3 N( ]+ F8 t1 Z
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, R; f& x3 v/ l0 z3 F& M' O. AL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 4 A0 t- B1 e. W$ O 9 K% }/ `0 r/ Q1 L2 l2 ~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.1 R7 g( S$ c4 |5 i* Z# U
8 N& ~ B# C P, ?# K. C2 C! OL: 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！ / b7 {& V* D- ~3 _ W. {- B" w- b7 l. m+ ]. a9 T( Z
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ! s; ^1 ^# v, h* J9 }; n 5 l- a9 M0 p4 z. Y2 I% ^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。. `' m2 I2 u1 n& g: [. d
5 Q: j2 u$ p9 V4 ~/ Y# VM: 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.' I. H# p' {2 d: D9 I# J0 }6 E
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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？2 A: ]- Y) C, K2 r/ ]
5 w/ c5 q- A5 q0 e9 |9 PM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. , i% m h7 \, v# r9 h- [1 @ ( x8 u, ?& g6 {0 D( fL: 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。" O; [+ H& l, ?) s/ ~
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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！: u2 s1 S+ w- _+ r$ w7 T8 d' r
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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。 % r/ O4 t& h- j/ cAudio as following: 6 H0 s- n; e1 S! U* c0 P8 ~' x
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