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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！! ^5 J8 @1 ]/ a2 B4 ?
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.4 @4 C! e1 W: L% ?* | n
! L4 z! d; g9 V8 Y NM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ) K& t: H& m5 I9 E, b- p8 ^. ^ $ U+ T( A: H2 c) A3 y( SL: 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？4 o" t) E# [, y( e: l
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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... ) ]3 U; c' u/ y9 K. z7 d. d$ ? U: Q* g3 W2 D* ^- I) n
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 V% B; L- i4 s! g% E2 t , Z( o m- f |" C1 ]M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.1 h% g) o x! I1 H& K- }, D7 ~4 Y
5 Y9 r% F( P" HL: 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！ ' ? _2 J) ^9 z 5 u4 X; |9 l2 D* F8 e( R8 BM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.( V; E: Z# I- J3 _+ X
, T) A) ?. ~! fL: 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！ " y$ M6 s9 C+ Z! I, S u& z $ N- X- ~ t: X( H1 {! tM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!2 c7 v& O0 ^/ d# ~8 t
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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! , Q% ~7 | d9 U: E+ l1 L( ^2 Z' S 0 c! D0 t6 g7 oM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 2 ^2 ~1 {. T+ A( m5 O2 ]3 J1 I" f5 X/ W* d, Z0 V; g2 o
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 . N! W- t0 o. A# d) f7 j- s* N% g$ Y8 ]! ]8 k/ Z0 X$ \
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 0 v" `# c1 T2 }; s l 6 D' R( q( Z+ Z- g& T) hL: Michael，这电影可真棒！& c$ l# M) b, b7 k& G2 @. {
" U/ m/ U6 A1 ~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. # t6 f I8 z& U! C9 T, T4 J- K& Y" M7 d, |/ X
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！/ c& p1 e' m' S4 W5 A; A
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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。* t# f' E$ f% j, R9 ^
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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.$ x$ m8 {+ s) E Y$ x
4 s+ \: ?' D% e- ^* u" Q0 OL: 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？ 4 o7 L4 |" x1 s. N" E7 l+ e3 L; g& }: A: h
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. # k- N% T: ? v! b7 d: X( Y9 R. ?; o' ~4 o2 H# Y$ A/ l
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。 ; R2 v! i) ]. I$ j3 [& r9 \: A4 p% [
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! # z: C# T% c: a+ U- n# P2 | " k# @+ D6 x) CL: 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！" O- ]$ i, `4 ^5 f
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M: Whatever! - f, _, W1 c& {. n* t. s* v7 g 7 u9 @3 e" V9 c3 D& D, s% 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。 r) J; H/ e8 {+ \: y
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