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。 2 z0 ^5 m1 W7 Y / M: L7 S# H% w9 ?0 tM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ) ? {7 V! E! d! L- b- [7 h" R& H 0 j9 q0 M {" p6 A0 @1 n \! jL: 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！: ~$ |. g6 a7 a
+ T0 @1 T/ t5 e6 t; V5 I' hM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 2 K) Z+ Y/ g2 {; a2 f+ P N" V0 W$ S7 Z- r; r; [
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?! f8 E2 z8 ?" S5 X& y
/ K/ F7 B% b6 o; `0 uM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 7 D+ A! w% g7 [& r/ `$ P- y; D2 Y* d" |3 n9 T
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？! v9 p% Q3 Z" T5 a2 A5 K( ~9 w! Y
, {3 N/ Z, r" BM: 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... % e2 ~* M" J1 V8 f0 r: o 1 x; s$ ?* M: [; {/ y( s& ^( {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？ + N5 k# K7 ]1 |) t. _ 5 d" m+ s' ^6 |5 c$ l0 G- K) C. cM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.2 x$ F7 Y. r* @3 y
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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！( u+ t2 u i- f1 M
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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. 3 @- U" p- D1 f/ j" {& v8 | O. l* ?
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！# T3 l; s; L) D7 H
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!9 r y8 a" Z( S+ c' {1 _2 T0 i
( W7 p! o! V' {, j% {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!) F* H5 U# k# ?
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 7 u; c, r6 q7 D4 v5 I/ F! v3 C! h3 F9 `# H7 Z
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。+ u7 ^* e6 h8 H" Q* z' x1 d1 B
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) - X% R6 _9 ?" t1 h ]! j$ E: s: Z 7 i4 I, Q! m+ H/ QL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 4 `- V* n( Y8 _* O # I% ~9 D. ?$ F9 F+ a5 b5 S6 KM: 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. ) h' j- P# n) ?- F7 i ) j6 r( T r3 O/ t; q 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！ . }* P# O# h- U' M; y! _$ J+ [) Z7 b. i1 g& c
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! x: I& v9 y2 p0 }( w: z
, \8 h; a% n8 Y8 R! ]5 oL: 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。 * e, b/ D2 ]' ?& ? i 0 |4 n9 c' S# q; l2 lM: 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.) k' r) e3 y* y& S' u
& p3 P2 @7 k T" z- i Y# w2 y0 }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？ & H) }7 [; m0 U2 X; { 7 m0 h; i& m# J: |' q- ~M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.* a( B4 D" Q" r1 C6 I9 X4 c# M
! H7 @# ?; D; rL: 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。0 s4 b: I; A3 b6 z0 W6 N* ^" c. V
- H' e/ e! C# T8 |( wM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!" |5 S& X; E5 t, M
2 r ?3 S8 H, j' R. TL: 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！ , ^* x: c# ^( b1 Z8 n ! g# g) }) B& IM: Whatever! 5 L9 D3 k$ V$ X( P) i8 d6 S( T0 m5 j8 Y; o6 J- h
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 a3 V U9 b1 v& ~* x$ Q- y
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