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。# d$ l$ F- Q) b" z. N
) @" I$ F- |8 c9 M5 OM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?* h9 G7 K, L0 }; W0 u: @
* p. k0 X# B' K; @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！' R! z4 X$ n3 {. y' U, T
" k z; F9 v! k/ F* kM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.8 V% t. t! \; w
$ i' |2 y! i8 ~8 aL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?7 u- k( Q7 }2 L3 B! k
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 3 i9 E8 u3 Z, c4 d }' i; v$ U) }; x1 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？ 2 q7 j {2 h/ d* [ 6 F; @7 M* ^& n6 hM: 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... 2 B- ~" k& `, W2 B& y* h4 Y8 v4 }! K- W3 h
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？0 }8 D$ B- M% x" l
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.) R3 l9 g2 o6 P% Z" h! a
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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！ / l, ~9 F6 Z2 W6 ?' X' m, V , ~" Z1 h- ~. G" A$ f# C$ L) |! O+ b9 aM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ( t. m, c$ N* l" p+ g1 W1 F& t+ K- \$ C# n
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！ ! M8 c& F+ ?0 N Y! f! V8 _7 v% h5 {0 Z' W
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!2 U {: v: u! D" }( e8 o3 C' w
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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!- V+ h& J: u# h' x$ t9 K9 S' }4 l6 Z
- v: E7 o5 a* z/ CM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!# @! N# j# I7 } x0 Y2 ?( m
6 C3 i+ C2 b# i7 mL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。, e6 \& e9 q( ?& i# Q
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 2 D+ M+ U1 O) S7 h5 Z 5 Y7 V) ^* g% s3 L6 U' fL: Michael，这电影可真棒！! g% \6 ^! [6 ^; ?6 G! e
+ N/ E. N7 C, m- r' \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.# i, v* k, u+ s) o' {; r
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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！$ E! F. p1 k' F! S+ B) \( o
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 9 m2 j; {9 C$ S2 z; l + R/ V [( R' q7 ~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。: D& O) L3 k" d( h# L( r# `8 l, y
, i5 k/ N" n8 o2 r( L9 P0 BM: 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! ]* ~8 ^/ j, [1 F0 s
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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？5 C+ K4 I; \# L5 `
8 w% a# T1 w; d* {! ]: WM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ) y D- C; C9 q* H5 u, e+ _ 4 T, U0 \ a6 t9 g3 oL: 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。! e0 z6 `1 l+ D. V& {6 u
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! . u# Y2 w% P4 O: F' U. T; e * E4 `# t! f) H7 |4 aL: 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！ " r8 E! ~/ J" ^$ E) u( z! y! c0 d% _5 v+ ~, _/ v
M: Whatever!# a9 a4 E4 y* @6 v
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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。 6 [- f! k7 A- g" W' c' S' wAudio as following: ; P# Z5 x$ v. K
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