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。 0 t- i7 i+ @4 P4 N3 X6 Y$ V7 b) \5 {9 g9 V
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? " F9 i7 v! g, V! j- g/ ~0 q9 a6 L( v
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！0 L# ~* C; t+ f x9 ?
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. # ]' D, j% y. s5 I( L' \" ^2 v* p, Y6 I0 V3 `3 W
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?( S7 j$ [1 R! J( k% U4 f1 \
0 Q$ w8 y2 ~. O1 g$ Y! ~M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ) ^( Y, D3 ~5 j* s( H; X7 D7 _/ Z& C! I( B
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？ 9 f: u/ B) q5 j: I* c. h. y5 z- b' d+ ?) E3 K2 D5 [2 [' J: k9 P2 P
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 u) c3 {1 ~, {! j. f5 M% l( W$ }8 N/ m6 u i/ Z$ _
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？, ^7 o! U5 Z5 @$ Z; h: Z
' O9 @# P, Q7 E0 ZM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 7 I5 X" O# x- b0 P" J, z2 ~5 y Z- }, L% U6 C2 T
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！ 4 P8 U$ Q$ s. [ K6 f # o$ P' g4 n2 v+ B$ DM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ( w6 a# H( b# A* a5 z A( } t1 x: J5 n3 \! l5 C2 ?9 Z
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！& `; a/ E H+ J/ e6 k
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! : u! a2 e' C. l( ~* |2 n/ w$ R4 p$ I! Q4 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!6 G$ w# {0 B I- |7 @) u
: |, u" J- m" j$ e! o5 CM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!+ n h& B; {# G( a
1 F. D+ s5 s9 p5 v b+ jL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 % T- l. ?- N4 y1 y. Y" ]- t' X0 m0 o$ H' W3 f' G
(Michael和李华看完电影以后)1 _( J8 h: J8 a8 x9 o3 q
, l+ \' u! T3 I* z1 A- f- A7 UL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 7 ^, `; f$ T7 E. S2 } : w/ L- v& o9 q" ~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 ?, Y0 _( k4 n% `) t# o3 l0 j1 z$ P8 h* M
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！ + d7 F# d6 j s# ]# s" ~- t$ n% M3 n3 P7 N- t, G7 ?
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ) W- V: D9 i; H; C # ~, t r- _+ k; C* C- z4 e" GL: 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。% v1 ?3 B2 [( z! n
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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. 6 `* h, z7 G. @& l' F0 v, g, o7 g) J0 y/ M) _& V @# U- I
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？" V8 |7 P% q7 l' W, c8 m3 B
8 R9 m. f4 {. O" O2 o3 rM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.4 E n+ f1 c! m, [0 q7 k/ h
. d" G# R; J- D M; W6 F3 T9 x V9 ]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。! D& ^5 O. q; `8 H& c
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!4 a: I/ L8 y- Q( 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！* _( y+ d) I& E* z, J. B$ P7 X
1 |9 _/ A8 c% k- @M: Whatever!5 A$ }. {) W& ?; S& {( g
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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。 + N! S# x" C6 ?' a0 t6 ~" aAudio as following:9 p& X8 }( y$ T3 J; J) L7 A
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