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。 ; ^3 Y7 \% ?9 p. q; e7 c 7 m! A* j4 ?; _: ~M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 8 I( Z' B. J2 c' B. ~( }8 R% Z4 ?# f: R7 e
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 I7 v6 H3 j' Q& A4 T. ?1 o
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?$ R( A+ `! D1 z# Q% C
& _0 O! r0 ?7 _M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".) j* _% Q7 x( A- c; |5 s% `
) j& }( V/ u/ z% RL: 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？2 V9 k" c' d% F9 S/ z* ` C
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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) _: d7 [, o6 H
`2 M: x! {* ^5 c# NL: 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 I2 x' S6 L4 Q
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 3 t8 G2 G, H* L 6 h4 {0 Q9 V7 H3 S6 @9 PL: 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！ ^8 y" P* w+ z! V+ U
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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 C0 |1 K3 N& A4 u! L 5 f( ]. F( u" 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！ ) j6 I* V! c1 }& i' O) T3 a/ U% x' v' H, i: I% U, C5 y) m
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! # J @; d( p# O6 v3 Z# W( Z0 a& P 5 f5 s) r7 h# H" O! L: K! v aL: 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!/ e3 B- ^7 F& f3 j9 T6 P1 @/ E
+ ~+ y3 W% J$ {5 X" d. _1 ~7 e2 `M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!3 h. R) Q/ D) d5 N: k4 {
- z; H* `1 x( |+ K8 kL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 6 D4 w1 F3 f. ]& X # K' ~! W$ d3 u+ u3 N& A3 j$ ?(Michael和李华看完电影以后)$ t" n$ q% c8 E2 r7 }( O
Z1 @( l/ p3 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. & [$ G* u: F; {) [/ U% q1 U) e) q2 E6 R9 u4 f9 y
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！! E3 t& s& |8 \2 K0 @
0 `$ f9 i/ v& s7 d" z2 @M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! " b* O J+ s2 Z! v( i+ u+ q % N8 [6 e# |$ Q2 IL: 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 C3 Q- [+ A: @- `1 O3 e5 b/ J4 G
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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.9 @+ K _$ Z, N& Z, W! |2 R6 ^- G
+ D9 ], y& t x$ \) \- S. V' y' u! kL: 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？ ; E1 J6 a- `# P/ }) K' J/ r/ ?& F) _/ c6 L. g# U1 [
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. , b; F: N% F! I4 Q: G. d( d ~( o* ?$ M( B
L: 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。 . B4 @2 F" Y( }# }: K0 h5 E5 J. |$ d2 Y' S! s0 ]
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! + o3 {: A. E. h [" s6 r+ b* B% C" L3 @3 YL: 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！9 m2 q; q- ~# d) V: f& o
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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。/ L# g( F5 ^5 [, Z7 R7 r6 O/ z
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