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。 # _$ m- [. T1 W; u% {6 q6 R4 L6 ]1 t+ T! }. |- x+ D _( W
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ( o& L5 F2 x# \9 v; Q! a# d7 i6 C: Y5 K5 `
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！3 E2 s S5 t" E; H
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.: z- o! y5 d$ C+ w+ r$ I' l, E
) \: o% f0 B# F2 V1 c) uL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?0 q8 h3 }9 e( _- r; ?
8 v! v3 N$ a. |- K) N0 d! Z! VM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 7 I$ |0 `9 z* H7 d9 J4 E0 |1 @* Z! @/ Z
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？ , T( c) K6 n3 z ' s, t$ l& ~+ _: G% tM: 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& A! r6 E* m5 F; } $ H3 _+ k4 P) _. x2 D$ i, ]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？ 9 e [% S" x, W# \ * Z8 L6 j* ^" LM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.$ L/ Q* |) x8 a4 i, q1 A" e+ z! N
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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！$ E3 `+ J8 J$ [ t) {# z1 S/ }
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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. ! b" X4 r0 z" o1 q+ b/ F : V- L+ [- M) Z3 h) 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！& l7 S1 z1 R9 r1 I" J9 j
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!1 w f8 `" O3 R+ c
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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! - \6 w4 C, {8 a% e+ R 4 r) s4 ?9 K3 d4 [M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ' [. ?+ k* G. o: X! x+ U5 t3 a5 k# H/ V$ X) `0 q0 v* ]5 x
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。3 x0 U4 Y. q: O. J. J' U( l, \
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/ Y8 U9 {) Q3 \7 p, Y: ~0 gL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ " u& j1 ~5 ]/ u% U/ o! m/ q' q9 K P x5 S7 W8 ?7 a5 f$ v
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. 4 K. l! A" G" ]6 Q3 s : a; C9 I. k+ H; u4 I- hL: 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！2 K( _+ V: w- M
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! : D# [) ~$ U6 H% K* i 2 L6 ]' n+ i. e" ]! 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。; e' G8 C( R& L1 h+ f( K* t: T5 }
1 f) n: m6 v, h8 `. H7 JM: 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 f! k }6 ?* M5 R; u! @( X) H. X9 {% M% F7 o8 l! B
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？ / W v8 \- f% ]; I) l [9 D& q) Q. B5 \/ Z! K
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him." n! U; w& H6 k! [
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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。 $ m! @4 z+ p$ k* ] ' Y0 a* K c/ G+ ?M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! $ ^( K4 U& c6 R4 c7 O, W \$ O9 L- t* F: S2 {/ s+ S
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！ % i" o& f$ F% v* J$ ]' F, u& l1 J3 R% b% I
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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。 ( | s$ Y$ {; CAudio as following:0 Y4 W% i; U' {0 v& n7 p
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