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。 % A; B" X' \, c6 H: j2 m - T! V( p$ N1 N; k; z3 g1 IM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?5 S5 I# F0 Q% L
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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！! S$ u P, H/ h) y' L" O1 p j+ d
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ' ]0 C w* w. l4 H' H5 |+ x9 c6 l) @) q* n, x7 w, H
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?! Z( m# ~4 o8 f& d1 \' g
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". : I. P$ G3 d: m8 E |1 M. B* P$ z/ a, [9 R$ l6 M! @& ]
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？ ) a* u3 L! y- O4 y8 \: H0 f% d- K ^) w7 d3 p& w [8 P
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 E; g6 ]9 _6 C \ , _8 z) c4 d# Q. KL: 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？ 9 v! r6 J0 k1 V. w+ l9 d ]9 i. [% m8 d
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.4 `; l/ r. ]1 g
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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！, V$ L$ N G7 T+ g& t
' M$ Y/ z: a/ QM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ( ^- g( ] J- c2 F- C, e' O : q9 J7 V# z& K1 M4 DL: 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 F: c- W% ?' s- U' w+ y6 R
- d( D8 S, Y7 GM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 2 N* `4 W0 X* _, d4 O! H. V) a# g; f: A( J( o
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! 1 }9 N* ~* D) |" U; b; F" c1 M , {# n* S$ ~! Q! M6 OM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 3 ~0 |6 y5 i4 W$ }; w- ?6 |. J1 h, N1 o( b5 k0 X
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。! c; _# l# r$ m, d9 r
; \# P( \5 r, z(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 4 C$ T" }) M& N & t2 P- W3 f. k& JL: Michael，这电影可真棒！9 O( R4 K x0 t1 J
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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. 0 E8 }2 O9 q* K% c# A+ ]: i. c$ t0 m- |* R7 p) s
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: C5 n6 r% L- n8 s
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 2 v' t! |8 A9 {8 C 3 ]. a* y0 U6 R( w( e2 x/ ?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。 9 W8 z/ U; H; b8 c7 q' T ; r5 |* C& M; C3 BM: 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.5 E C1 {, N J" a9 a4 b
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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？ 1 O9 N+ B. A: F9 e9 t4 y* M0 G2 _# [$ M8 `7 H: F" R
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. & ?( R7 `' Y6 x K ( ?9 e- l. _1 v9 HL: 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。 F; v B7 S8 |4 {! z/ v4 U
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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！6 W- Z3 R) Q1 u. v! f. j/ C! v
8 Z+ L! B) U; |5 [: |9 O4 a3 o( U 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。! q. Q t* }: I
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