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。 + Z2 j$ p- F7 \( v( x* P3 W! Y- X% u: f) { x0 i9 N0 _! F C, {5 S
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?9 y- u. g7 c- B
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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！+ W5 ?3 n" C# P9 X2 a
: M6 G' }9 g+ u, yM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. & v9 e% B0 v, n9 @' \* Z& ^( u# [9 S1 Z1 h! W6 Z# T
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?4 f& L! k2 E9 {$ {. g- X' t, |
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar"., {2 D; ~# C: V1 F3 R7 m& s; ~5 j
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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？ ( m2 b. Z4 s+ t" i ! C7 ~$ R# O- wM: 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... $ A+ i4 ^. i, g! c: R : O% w7 R/ b7 E# Q) v- WL: 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 y' W6 g! R8 ?! U( U, u6 B4 p
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. , H g! q3 w6 Y9 o) b Y8 z! y) }6 l7 \ T
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！ 7 P7 E0 } T( O6 H' L; N3 y3 E! e( c5 s( h
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.5 Z! ^+ j9 N( W9 W) y. A; f$ j7 g
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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！ 2 V: t' r! p6 h! U5 g1 I% G* V( ~) I+ R# m
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 1 `7 k" M) s) b7 _2 S% R' d : J# q8 F0 f" x# P, @5 ?3 zL: 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 S5 _7 C& b9 W9 F" b
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!1 `3 B2 Q* S' P' D+ C
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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。0 v) m* e6 Q# }( d O
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ' ~8 Z- o- e) m( Q" d* k. Z: O) ^/ S( L) Q
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. " s& j* o! `' r9 w6 A 9 H F5 U6 W4 FL: 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！ % O9 A- b" K& ?4 B) j ~* G, L4 \# o) Z
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ( L' A& B5 Y2 m$ B5 ?2 |9 Z) Q% p
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。+ R9 w' z U1 g# o6 z6 l7 ]
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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.; H0 m' |3 a( u
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0 l+ ~3 ]( u1 h( @; q2 Y( tL: 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。 7 ?3 x8 F& Q; R- H: \! c 8 h1 ?4 m- h# P/ M H6 D5 j. ]9 @1 pM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!5 y8 ^+ Q4 f3 ~* F. [. h
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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！ + h9 `* g' L, {% H# G 4 }$ @! w/ n4 W# E$ WM: Whatever!# \" N+ h1 M, y
* ?+ K) E0 B5 x" c i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。 " q! m0 p7 r. i$ K0 OAudio as following: 1 @1 S8 X$ s8 t1 W
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