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。 9 }' K8 O: r' x" {$ i2 _. b# L' c0 {* T% U
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? . t# w- D4 D0 p- k4 I1 z+ d, N; Q+ A6 t2 i# z3 R( Q# `: 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！ % n \) J, C5 r H" g" e: g" K - {! f( D, l9 l3 l) h0 H/ XM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. $ q& \9 Y P4 I4 r- u . {; b/ w3 a( O6 fL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?, |" Q( V4 r; m
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 1 R k/ G4 M7 b0 C- G$ A( F5 x5 _& O: ^5 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？* W0 ^. f( z3 f7 e1 q5 d 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...4 A* z+ V" t$ f$ o- Z/ L" [' O
' |/ F6 v; U% c A# O/ b& ]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？ % B* `; A; C$ j + V4 O1 R8 I5 R! AM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ' ^% C+ c8 `6 T+ F( [: _% V( C; `+ `, f+ ]2 t' i2 p
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！5 { u6 k' b% Y9 o
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M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 6 j2 O; w5 @% k; |9 U! r ! ?) k: Q, g0 y, g; ]! y" c, e& jL: 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！" c' G3 g, E! @) x7 L
, J9 {' Z2 I' b0 Z# R& ?M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 5 w6 Y8 u/ p% Y& Y. h, C # R$ w2 n; I! d& B, |' ~+ G% o* X) BL: 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!: `1 J* S3 @3 t: G/ Q+ s
$ s v0 C. o9 [M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! . S5 {0 I- D" j " `$ ]- A( M- l5 d- jL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 ?! p8 O, ]+ P' }: s
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2 j4 W- b# d7 ~: m1 a1 [L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 5 L0 ^9 k1 u" }% O2 K; A + y' X( a8 o( x2 J9 j$ YM: 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.3 q3 ?6 N8 G4 t" f; G& e% u
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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！7 X, ^) L; _- O. {
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! * w( N6 Y: S- W % g# Z, n. t; z. P( W: HL: 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。 ! v7 ~# J- `5 O4 _9 P6 H5 x4 d9 K0 A" z) a& r* O% z+ E. q
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.( C* n' G- R# z: ]" h* O
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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 n6 g s; E- c! o0 F9 E7 m! t) C4 E. d) ^0 j: c
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.! D0 F# b) \6 Q0 z& q. [- b
5 }1 j" D L; B1 R: s+ n& L7 g; LL: 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. B& o5 d4 b3 T! {+ ^/ a7 m }# o! R! ?/ ^) J0 z! o) [4 P d
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ! @1 J: s, d) Z* f' l' D( t5 ]% f: a" ^+ [
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！ ' O; K0 M1 ~1 A 7 }* S: x5 g8 R' V4 QM: Whatever!; j# F4 [7 |; U$ g: V! a4 ?
3 D' R0 j+ l; r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 {4 I4 c- y( P6 Q
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