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。 : X1 M2 d# D/ R/ ~& v a& C! T9 t5 `! x. F7 s
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?$ U* U* A F, b% s% E9 I" b9 w
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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！% _+ z5 S( M8 `$ W3 g2 \
% S* |1 @+ o" _: J1 K0 N% lM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. $ c, `, j, ~$ q9 a7 U' p/ s: u( T+ C( L6 S7 `: S. P" e, X1 {
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 8 K5 S6 G5 l6 Q; [& x/ Q6 R, {& T
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ) H. C7 |6 [" C/ z * _; S' P, ]' a9 g: V7 h+ ~, q5 OL: 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？- E1 u) r% Z# A: W; _9 K
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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...* j7 X4 K" A0 Q; C2 P8 b
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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？ * f8 {8 m/ c ?% M 5 U7 i8 h1 B9 `$ ~2 Q# S5 M9 TM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. , _$ X8 i- L f9 K5 f X & _, k6 Z7 P: H5 G4 ^) N! U! p2 YL: 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！3 u+ p* z! j6 J4 j
: n, F: Y# F2 K, e+ R0 r& b0 F" U, IM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. p/ ^$ D0 R+ {; F8 {& Q . k# y9 T7 ~9 w; A/ O( t& NL: 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！- t0 H3 I, I" K! Z3 }. V8 S: s
+ q8 j6 F1 X# g! d. I( fM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!# S# U4 U% C& r4 j, r4 l: _
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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! 3 P& Y7 L/ V4 ?9 Q" E- X' q# ^% ]% c1 ^7 F5 |
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!7 G7 ~4 S+ n' t4 b* K: {: l
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L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。! C2 m* O; z& h% L, M8 I, E
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ / [/ t- c, _: G! N3 a8 ]! Y. R6 V' E
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. 5 e/ ~, u! n- q; e+ Y5 i: I5 A" q, ?/ 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！) i; o; c r/ x
9 J4 w' n- ^5 |: y. ^M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ! Z4 B; j, q4 A) ~. G; q" ]+ v1 e ; l7 X0 ~) Z1 c& y( ~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。 7 ^8 W9 N1 U/ L$ X8 `( Q8 {- c/ X: y
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. ' ^$ n0 N1 G3 E- D4 [- F4 t 2 g. ~7 J$ w/ D7 ]2 bL: 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？7 r5 A( o, L6 g7 }; L" ~2 c @+ @3 U* A
8 M% Q1 r7 q- d, n2 v* x, k1 \5 [M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him." v! c. D& Z( L8 \7 p- S
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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。1 O7 B, P, b. d$ @6 n3 B) b
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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！ / S% d- [5 K5 G8 g I: m& N- n' ^* M# J5 p1 n+ b
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1 Y. X+ t$ Y+ i2 a; y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。5 g" E8 R0 e0 ?& p, T
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