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。7 J* J6 o! G, O5 r7 b
3 L) W B0 `! v0 Z/ \1 Y5 yM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 8 m6 g, O/ l% o 2 \# p7 n% i6 o* SL: 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！ 1 `. f5 q7 [. }2 _+ p # z1 r# I+ S# }3 k2 qM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.: I. u9 C& U1 p% a5 b. o+ }
" {$ |* t5 Q# N* W. XL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? & m1 ]) J8 n/ T* Y6 l* _5 V! f" q! q
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". - I: n$ q" L9 d0 {4 W8 w" ?& W% |5 W) p# o$ g9 E
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？9 Y2 p/ F j6 F* x4 W. w$ M" i
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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...' F. f3 H6 Y2 B9 W# d, A. Q, n
) m2 }0 {' V5 R" t+ d1 uL: 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？ * [% ~+ O4 ~+ R' S9 U 6 r9 h( y0 y& t0 RM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ; C; L/ A1 K& H8 t2 B/ F$ B4 E2 U8 P, w! O
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！( y" D8 p. L& Y, K& \' {! @
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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.. s7 l" o2 ~" d/ P' @" ?1 s! d
+ R! Y, e8 { c9 iL: 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！' N0 }; |; h8 P) J
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 0 M0 |$ a) M/ _# V- S4 l% u# b7 m& ?
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! # ~* D) C o$ P" _% s5 H % k7 a, a4 Z% B% eM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!+ s& y+ D. }$ M! h# S
/ O6 B+ | O! X0 gL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 * h& B" q4 Y1 {6 d7 o0 K$ B( H* h- i+ N3 R# s
(Michael和李华看完电影以后)2 X! G9 V T0 L) U8 j$ C" |- T. r
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 9 `; E2 A7 A5 j% i/ ^1 I3 N& K( o- H( Z
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.( o+ S# `* ]* y9 e
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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* z( M* m. B# w( G1 S - [0 ^) q) g( @- E, J8 vM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!0 s! q& S" @6 J
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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。5 ^+ W7 Y5 U; M7 D' }1 H
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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.% D+ Z9 q8 P5 E% o
/ u0 Y1 r# S+ a6 Z( |- r! l- p0 [8 sL: 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 |, D$ ^" n" Y% K! s K2 y: \
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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. , |' P4 Y$ s/ B _ 8 p0 F2 M3 E7 w' D# SL: 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。 I0 R: U$ A/ i2 Z
3 Q: r8 _" H* ]: \& j% HM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ; C5 Z6 N, n( D" B8 P4 z( U8 X& o. w: { \; _- h2 H
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！ 6 U* H4 a; k2 @3 m0 r/ V8 B- ?$ \, w! M8 g2 r; k
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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。 9 C w% \) Z6 i( |8 fAudio as following:6 {7 W+ j) O* F6 D
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