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。 " M( p6 S; T/ _& C- q9 { . ]/ ]' b5 A b+ SM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 2 T0 |! G* R5 v. F5 c+ n3 S/ @8 E ~ + H5 |8 H* i g5 X8 j4 _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！5 Q! Z2 J2 r ]/ {, Y$ K. s
% U6 e7 P# P1 ?. ]$ cM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.7 O I0 W0 B. R. i
, Y* ]1 n. P' w- ]: sL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? / n# B0 [* F& R& q6 _ 4 q, J& i9 |5 r' `M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". " q! e, }; E, Y" h7 E 6 l2 v+ {) P4 R2 K3 }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？ ( e8 y5 T+ Q# C8 X2 V5 I 5 C2 A8 N3 l! F4 g( sM: 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.... i% S# `$ P, G a
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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？0 x0 W) D4 j) D+ u- S9 e* \, x
) T( w$ {. E: Q' |M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ' g* R0 u. w! P0 ?& ]/ c5 D" g 1 G( S2 b% o* JL: 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！0 }8 Q$ Z7 A/ e; `" ^
" Z! D! P7 d. {- |6 P" ZM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ; P H3 Q2 L( A- c) t1 K) T- @
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！ 3 w& Y, }: k8 [# F: u3 T& t 3 [; W1 ~% ?" d2 V. F! CM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! - ~- t( ] x% i; O$ J. t6 e 6 H! k( S* c1 C. x9 j7 t3 OL: 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!" J8 B2 v8 t' h( e( \
/ |" l# X! g% a: ~: K+ WM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! + S" I+ J$ U9 P; U' j# V5 U2 \, s( |2 P9 F% a: I. B
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 & j) t9 Y8 J+ b& J2 Z& Z- F& V) Z" {8 F- M p( S
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！3 S8 h, \7 |4 N# c1 y+ b
7 |0 f' S2 s+ A9 h, Z: P& WM: 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. : Q/ R- V! B- I. N ) ~( S7 R5 G& j, @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！ ! Z- Z8 z. V0 X6 M$ N% Z! t3 }6 S4 d7 D. Q. P* t7 r3 r9 U* u
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! " `3 N9 d6 [; y& w* @# r9 u' A8 @" F i
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。 ' G v+ r3 j' D; B0 A$ w2 W0 r$ {2 e3 q/ r8 E; ?# Z* k: E
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.. [0 l# Z0 Z* H! t& g
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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？! E' ]2 h) ]) V& H$ h2 I
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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.0 C2 C3 s0 y- Q9 v; v5 H) z- B
1 b: c$ N/ Z+ g: zL: 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。 3 ^" V5 R9 T; S( q# G5 q P% N# N+ z0 W: Y' }) R$ O
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!, ]' F& A. A; Y5 e
' u- V: |. n7 i! T. kL: 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！& i$ Q# |0 x& T* h
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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。8 j% t& J5 c" u7 I+ J5 f
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