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 r9 q( X' k5 i3 ^2 h
' T% W2 i/ P! @M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?/ g8 | U3 m9 X+ q; W
9 W& m# V( f1 h# _- j( F+ sL: 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！ $ y" M( a1 I4 A + |9 \* q3 ?7 V* UM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.3 X9 M8 f! q2 w; k- g3 a
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 1 y, H% v# ^8 v8 x% V7 X9 C( W. L- Z8 `& O
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".$ t& R4 `$ H- j4 n1 C
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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？ 9 c8 {9 e% ]2 J6 ^+ t/ h+ _ i6 I) O1 o* Q' M
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... ! g7 i7 c3 @$ G8 n / ]1 p! C6 L# a4 |" u% t5 \ DL: 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？3 K$ i- L4 E0 C( j5 ~7 L1 g% A! ?7 M% ]
9 F2 _' q0 ^! U7 ?, E- eM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.6 Q4 A* ^4 j+ v& h; v) G N
- e' [ Z& }* u OM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. & R( n3 x2 L8 t6 j : E h+ _0 T- j3 s7 x, l. f# nL: 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！ $ M0 H/ A0 w$ @- Q& e t: `5 i& C8 h; {
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!3 f3 C( _2 z. f1 E+ q% I# ^
8 W+ B# J8 ], WL: 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! ; U3 h2 X9 W4 m# C$ H. l5 R9 ~. i" v* J/ `- R7 f
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! - v3 b! A$ n2 d1 e" A( S" h ! s0 J% x( r+ ML: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 ( v- u' e; b) v7 y% c& ]3 }% ]5 s: E
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！+ m( T' f0 a. {% |4 O
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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. 5 [* W) A& d1 v+ H+ M1 R ; a0 O" E2 t |: j& B! O. SL: 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！5 O d! E. f# p/ f! y5 w
% N/ {; H, h9 K, ~% G+ mM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!9 W4 O; B" r! |( |0 T4 S
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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。3 M: d7 I4 G6 A# e
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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.( o0 k3 F2 L( |& Z1 U% w. M
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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？: B. Y3 Q* E* M# n
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M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.9 T$ y4 y4 k' q7 X5 O8 L! ]0 d
5 C; W z1 U& U- b$ K# E2 uL: 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。 $ \! ?& x& ?' l + f. c' H5 B4 C: Y: Z6 B7 X, @M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!, C- ^# \" Y$ A( ]/ h) {
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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！ 9 j. u+ ]" ?1 C2 }6 N$ c G2 R3 \% p
M: Whatever!. E8 u7 |' {) M$ v7 `0 l5 v
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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。 # x/ T; c4 O9 i, \" K& |! J6 _Audio as following: 4 z, J% D$ F* v4 `2 b
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