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。. |! Y; c9 d `' W6 \6 f+ r
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? : b+ I) ?$ o! p. Q0 ^. e! j4 }5 o8 b
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！ % D2 e6 h& I" H3 N% p$ ]' T , Z- n7 J5 a2 X, H+ ]9 K" T/ }M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks., ~" l# ~# y. Q" H
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? * N% B5 c- T% U2 ]6 O% J0 }: L N S: l- H' s4 AM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". - L; Y* L1 e, R6 A" u9 E! z& [ 8 D! j: Q/ F, zL: 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？( f7 I( Z! ~4 q3 g
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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... # ~" M% ~' f0 i# t ! i2 P' t# y0 Z" G6 n3 y; UL: 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？ 8 Z# V! Z: J+ K$ v1 { D! w# J( O# p/ e# OM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.. j% ?! A4 y- l; a6 H' t; r
, f2 k1 j9 x e9 LL: 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！ ! f* h e5 V1 [) r 0 \' r+ S; P/ i1 ]9 {M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.3 X1 ^$ M" _- ^3 W
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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！ 1 M9 x Z+ Y8 X7 ]1 a4 x6 d. N4 B. X! D 9 P y3 X: u }, U' cM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!6 C% X% f# p) H) j6 E7 `2 u
F" V, h) \7 I% \ A( JL: 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! * Z, [) _& K& P- c3 z- ?, x. H2 Y7 S/ v
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 0 r0 [1 g# U7 c" I ! T7 j$ A6 r' C# XL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 / a U% B+ C$ |, v! A $ M" m9 f6 ~/ G7 _6 ?$ `* b(Michael和李华看完电影以后) " X! N5 ]2 k/ ~% N( B& x+ ` n
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！* S6 ^# d% ]# W0 a$ f1 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. & v" P2 d; A" X; D' p! m; Z$ K2 Z! ]
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！/ `# Z8 H; ?+ Q/ C
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! / T+ R6 |9 ^ [4 g' |/ a! m& q3 y' a
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。5 p% |; l: M" G, \4 B+ o
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2 V' R3 Q: m9 ]' F' Y$ cL: 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？6 W9 X' n- f u" j
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M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.& }+ d o! D1 f- q- n) K- m. z* Q" k4 p
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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。& T+ k6 {: K) w7 L) U9 M7 ?
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!% k' @2 Z J7 w+ @" R% f3 U
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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！* C5 ]0 m. D4 Z
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M: Whatever! & v8 x1 j) D0 E) D0 X/ E: n * T W+ i+ `4 k8 S8 {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。 4 d o$ N* P' a( q" i0 J" jAudio as following: / ~7 E2 C e; |" V4 x
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