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 h/ A) [: g, u) d( ? 8 |2 ~' _4 [1 WM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? $ ~9 d* @. O! y& W 1 X; T, p' ^4 \4 L' AL: 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！$ z. t1 _, ]! ]% j4 ]( Y, _. k/ }) w
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.& ~# j1 L. f9 e1 S) [
8 E4 {$ c6 }5 L2 v6 B. A4 d1 GL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 9 G: l7 H0 q# F$ V0 K, K% \; f& L8 e5 ^# y4 g* x& w: e- k* F
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". $ j8 `- Y" q4 w; `1 e" R: P+ v4 z* E/ d7 K/ ?" D
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？4 f; N6 N$ G6 r; G) S
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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... - \8 B8 d$ k! v2 r5 \# p g + l# z6 u m6 U: n/ OL: 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？ $ H" P9 T: G# ~/ h) H1 ^* h7 @) o0 g
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.5 F2 Q3 q- g6 s3 k7 F% q5 U
4 Z# u9 G* P' J( G: H& {5 `3 N8 |4 H# dL: 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！% J' w3 V: s0 \7 }9 m
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M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. , T0 [: l3 C5 Y( Q4 _; H' }0 z. l. d! Z% v! M$ x% @5 ?
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！ ) y6 V% p6 I1 C* d7 w( ~# q4 [4 p : @. ^+ W a' C' p5 l$ ?0 tM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!% M$ K0 v3 s( w9 b# U
! I7 q! a8 M& ~; V$ y! Q8 nL: 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!. n7 }, @% L- v; L/ o$ x
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! . \. r# M, w0 k+ R; p* G( \! x% z/ B
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。( M5 ^9 H- _4 n# L* p0 b
- j* T7 p' w- p( x' O: U8 A) \* O(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 2 Y2 e8 Z0 D! d* Q" L6 V4 [3 w 6 S7 X" w# d* b6 x0 ML: Michael，这电影可真棒！+ }: x0 ?$ i, U, P$ a" {: N3 M
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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. " s5 |" o! Y/ |; z' e& u( w; `+ ]; 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！ / W1 N* y) ]- R6 G$ d! V; W/ r/ I2 h; O
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!0 o" \1 b9 {9 v* ~% z( U6 r
) i3 K$ |8 j( m" K' ~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。 9 W# F9 U0 C" h! @1 u) s b1 |7 K/ p1 a' h$ R% K
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. & ]; a+ {1 f2 g8 D + n" I+ L. S: jL: 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？ $ ]( n1 C! R4 j+ z% B8 t 2 N/ x" f9 P! c8 \2 [/ O" gM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.7 {$ e8 c" T @- Y" G# s+ D$ r
" m% J# ` d& ~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。 & e$ h4 C5 @; O) V* x' d2 E! }4 y; n+ s# b h8 Q4 V
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! # w5 e1 I5 R1 k# D- p) B 2 n J# u+ P! l/ TL: 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！7 O4 N( |! v- ?; ^% c* _
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M: Whatever! $ V8 T* s% n6 H+ ? R 3 G: ^: F L3 {2 Z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。 3 H" A5 n" d+ W; UAudio as following:) u5 A8 s) x2 ~* h! t- g
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