4 c/ m8 p, d& q, `M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?( _: t% @' ?, R+ r9 ?1 h
2 g* g1 d9 Y3 \- U1 u& E E IL: 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！! b# d1 ^$ w7 ?$ v
# B0 M4 h$ }5 f# P z5 q! a. HM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.0 b" b) C& s) s/ w, V3 X
' T0 H+ i5 ^1 E, a8 lL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 9 u1 X9 ?" z# |7 ~& S* ? 4 e' q$ g1 C- K6 a7 ?+ J( }, {" J( b% VM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".) u6 [; b! \, a: |2 D; T
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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？$ M# e: P, H1 U( b
# m- L2 x9 C) ^- g8 O# ?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...; e# w! c! c; w
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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？$ Q& W5 J- u, ~/ n8 V- ]/ g2 z
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. |* b- ?2 N" f# C# W0 O; D- h8 {
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！ ) ?- N) b2 ^: X" T/ @ & [7 y% V# Z- z% p, c9 W- @M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ! B3 \( n* S% t( h5 P+ t% b3 r; a1 h. N d2 c. ^3 C
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！) a9 X1 P% |1 c( r7 S
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 9 R6 R! A. m: N0 g- ] 0 l4 o( n2 T% t4 bL: 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! - p0 C6 S7 c) d: Y' c2 W3 L2 h! S3 K, {# ]; u
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!+ r/ i; M5 T) }3 m" K0 m5 j( c
1 x4 P% G( }( {$ U7 |' n) bL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。4 T* S( m) P( r' i
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ * Z6 Q9 t" z! y2 h: h' r0 x : O+ J$ K( Q" k1 YM: 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.3 S4 z6 j# o l# B( U1 Y) \: ]8 }% h
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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！7 {4 B" C8 o. @1 x0 W2 V, q
* a# C8 {# z& G6 Y7 A. o5 z- cM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 4 h5 p0 J2 l `6 i5 j # E" s. e8 G, P& S9 p6 ~" G* \5 `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。 ' \& \9 k$ `7 R. F& H/ ?/ _# r3 E8 T
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.2 c f# w6 }, u' O
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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？ : ~. ]) W% ~5 c/ L; ~8 B4 P7 G9 y9 \3 |; a- }) J
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.2 o9 [( A L3 e: ?) w; M
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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。/ h% z6 U4 S; @1 O4 }( J) J
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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！ u! w( q4 ?2 l8 O) `; P, R
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M9 A0 @# K5 G. x$ g3 W; Z: ]4 n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$ q7 K. f% |$ ?2 V" \
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