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。7 n0 J. G/ j# t! E
* D1 ?- [- w/ X0 j- l( E- n' FM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 8 {7 Y; C$ H9 V- Q; [9 j5 ?! U" ?0 s! E6 T9 P' s. z
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！ M% E2 z. Y! }$ | # K& H- g: v5 g# Z2 iM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.8 M6 {; S9 Z# t% N! K3 m
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? : C8 V9 ?7 j: ]7 G/ w) a# _ \9 l5 }6 Q+ n
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 7 O, H' G: K3 j6 t! a7 R8 _; j; K& V7 M& S5 S. F
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？- d' x S( _+ R3 n4 u0 Z
, X% }! z, i8 |. ^. y. m0 R- cM: 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... " a+ u2 s$ l* z. w2 W, _7 \1 `$ A1 d3 g3 A: `; v' B2 `3 m/ @
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？ ! Y1 x1 } N. {: g, }( N7 b! i & |" y0 D+ I: i9 e2 CM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.5 R6 n0 h/ t' R
+ U( u* z& A6 m- J5 S7 r( tL: 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！ 8 A+ I; A1 Y% c4 Z- C2 L4 g$ E! M! ]2 w0 i* j# }; w5 k; x
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 2 r% `* S2 _; o6 }2 T2 W4 v( Y, H ( p0 _3 U; ~' G0 k dL: 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！ ; A+ K* X* {) C3 ~& D, ~ ; M& |3 F) }* A' K& yM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 7 u2 W' M8 D* ?( r2 N4 e$ B' u: U* J8 F9 E
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! % N. l. R/ ]7 E8 s7 T, Z; X: {6 {! C, W
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 4 t' S! s$ F8 k) e8 s5 z3 |1 J ( ^6 F L9 ~# b) V8 PL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 0 M1 `# g$ _2 t* r7 h/ G. q4 `' v6 g8 {- G9 }1 Z7 [9 ]
(Michael和李华看完电影以后)3 P4 \5 F7 j( y, J. X! L6 @% c
( y, L& @9 i- G k. h" d' ZL: Michael，这电影可真棒！3 m" O! s! y- I' m; Y
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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.0 n+ B \* C- G7 E) A: N, g# N
+ N/ R+ h5 V- a; ]7 f" G: QL: 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！ ( s3 J8 Y6 i9 L4 w( a8 M4 x9 O" S3 `) {( m
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!7 `3 F( N% Q8 d7 ~
! ~3 g/ F6 H* V( G8 I* qL: 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。, A9 r8 M. g) s" \4 u& h
; K, H. R, w# `) E' y& ?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.# Y5 ]0 C) b# }2 u( N
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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？ $ e' d4 a* F B5 @' O % g) J1 O' s1 qM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ; z2 o, u( L& N- X3 { | * t" M8 W$ O1 p6 u) cL: 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。 * K0 Q/ B" ~; |' M + ] `0 b- j( T5 a( |, fM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!" ?. _" d& W4 e% ]! H
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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！' V/ K# P+ T: Z, _7 b6 Q9 i
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M: Whatever!9 i2 W9 N) Z3 m/ U
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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。% p2 h, A; J4 W( y# w+ N% E& m# v3 @
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