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。5 Y/ P6 s5 ~! B9 v* `
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? : k0 ^' G7 j2 q+ b% E, f* V* I2 o, s: A" [7 T! a
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！ 6 q3 n5 S& |( {, K- b) J& b # B2 T2 ]$ ?; ?& m+ ?; {M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 9 g8 b9 v) m% ~% L8 F9 R, l! R, _& }3 t: i
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?/ h7 n5 N5 R5 O+ P) Z l% ]2 o
4 n( |1 ]) I; n$ D$ kM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". # n/ x/ F; w6 D, V$ ]2 U2 b2 k s! e# U; f3 B) I1 S2 B0 F" e9 \
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？ " W8 |4 W# m8 A" }. |( x# e+ B) G3 h- G
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...9 p8 S! D6 y2 v- v, o, [) n
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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？ ; Y+ P1 ]5 Q( ~7 M ; n6 x2 u" G6 t% V9 `1 K# lM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. , u( }4 @- s3 S4 A% Q; S! @+ v" L4 Z( [' ]
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！ ; X4 e% _+ W r5 b . l: m# J# F0 \! q' ?M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.# L( F! F9 L5 n2 x) E
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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！! O+ z; d9 h% k' v: l
5 Y3 B( Y r2 wM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! $ A4 _; L; A$ g; B5 q |) H5 ]5 p/ o# e, W8 B3 P' Q; X6 ^& v- h
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! 2 U1 B$ k+ S! V) j1 U2 B. F8 w2 }% ~5 [4 o! s
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! W4 X# b# }; S2 m: |4 P0 h$ z l n1 U: o6 g( `1 a6 u R
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。, M& \; {( S: E% ^: j8 \
& l' M- Z. N& C1 _3 g& k(Michael和李华看完电影以后) y6 x6 _9 X* G( s! [& O# Y$ p - m _" ?. r o# I; jL: Michael，这电影可真棒！( R8 v: y; p1 d
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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.* h! K2 b* y9 l6 N; u1 N6 W: G
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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！ . K5 A- O% c2 Z& @% H& H% V$ \5 c$ I3 n2 n$ @, v; G+ K3 ?& R$ m
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!- j5 s8 ?& F9 i0 O% p) D. `
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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。, e- O7 p7 L& G! m$ U: u1 u
. {# E" ^% s- d, l1 X4 \. k k1 ~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. / p( ~$ y, G1 B2 k* T" |" F1 I C1 n9 d |; G8 Y
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？ / J2 T$ N5 j/ r, d: m1 z# [1 k9 J 8 @9 \, E( M2 D6 s5 E4 QM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.4 u3 [& k, [) |% ?. q6 H4 M$ o
. @- l B2 C* J" W) PL: 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。# Z2 P& C; i% f) e
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!2 s2 b8 {, \ _ r; x, W% P
* Z# W! X! Q. d c6 \1 VL: 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！ $ W4 S3 `" m5 z! g* O0 d% Z, K* G/ i1 N1 l" r L
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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。 ; C' ?/ q* a2 H9 sAudio as following: z. ?* V& E; V# `6 \
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