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。 4 p% n- e7 n2 V% I3 V/ z0 I& ]4 v3 P8 |6 r( j1 s4 X8 E
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?( n: a n" J$ b t/ \
2 Q) g$ \) h! f/ H$ U- H8 y" tL: 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！ : } l2 ]$ C3 _& b! ^ - n3 d: h8 t0 g; I! T% q5 }+ gM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ; p9 ~6 K7 @0 F5 E+ ? ' j0 M F- j$ |L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?: }# t; _* k# m0 L8 Y& W
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".3 q2 Z+ L8 E7 l
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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？. I% [$ C( m9 w$ t
9 f6 }3 @1 t; a0 mM: 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...) Q/ o. F3 b: l B
+ t& ?8 B/ k- ]# ]M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples./ A: f6 ?: ]1 r' q
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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！3 F& I6 n! t( |$ z: s! E6 M
% H$ H2 R" r& c% zM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ( i9 x5 k' m" P i: N( a7 B1 y7 m& n* ^* L. Q0 L! E7 M) J, h
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！6 n/ p* o4 a1 q9 T9 B. _1 \
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! % j6 B5 b7 J5 m5 e( \& B# q" J: F" l5 h/ a. 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! # u: c( Z' Z/ p9 F 0 \ P4 `* N* o+ U: i: BM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!3 @2 O; c' ^& Y7 o1 ?, N
( K2 z' I0 }- ]L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。# H# E" |, J' ]9 [% I
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！# ^" M E! Y+ [
$ L F, g) _) J4 `5 dM: 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.- D% Z2 S# h* i. H7 g& u5 d
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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！. J c1 S8 q; R* @9 y9 N
# w- g* g- P1 R7 |: qM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!" B6 T4 K* N0 d! F7 I
' C* ] \) y; @' p1 ^$ S/ q6 c* GL: 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 R3 ]6 j, U- L5 t- G
~$ P5 l* Q+ A, ?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. ( h- @, E- S5 B3 v1 [ # a: P4 O* j# h/ @* tL: 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？ * d" q0 X# e' X3 O* m3 H3 D4 |$ j+ `. [: f- b' @9 V
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. " @$ O) g" X, g6 _ ^0 C+ P' ^) n+ GL: 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。( \4 T0 [6 T. g4 f0 L
& _; Y. Q4 E/ {' FM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! # ~# _) ^& T; W8 v5 R+ O+ | , H9 y/ N p) \8 k9 P& M$ [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！ ! Z$ r7 E) Q, C6 h9 i+ ]3 a0 _$ h ; }& T+ S2 u+ OM: Whatever! 2 F: j/ h l$ B. X. A0 x4 t- j* N; H# O, s
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。) ~% G0 j3 F! V! L, M5 j6 b$ ? O; a g
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