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。 1 _7 i, M" I3 M0 U7 G! e* V7 t9 h' O% t
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?4 z6 U2 e0 W: b$ q+ @ C
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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！. v# b$ y% t+ |( ^ L
, y. J8 N, A3 z7 ]7 JM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.$ Y' y8 w, }3 Z6 r: t+ t9 a
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?) { N9 P# S+ t) [0 z) ^9 E
3 w* F7 _# G& d: P0 [& d& bM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".1 s$ L! }& n, q( Z
" G6 i: ~7 N2 l- }% ^+ wL: 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？ ! |* ?' N9 z' n 6 ]( J! ?5 w3 H- cM: 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... $ m2 [* S9 a: O6 Q, q ( _7 {8 h/ f8 K; ]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？/ x3 Y, k2 \/ F) f. }" a) O
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. # C2 y4 f( S9 L# Z4 h; }9 b4 @ ( `7 w6 j- u7 k& UL: 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！ 0 L5 N; s( {# {; H, v3 _+ c / ], k5 W. r2 b I) jM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 5 Q" w3 |# }2 w( z8 ^- g5 |3 p; c+ Z7 A6 F
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！ " H5 m( L2 ^ T# D6 i* q* d+ H9 H: n( A7 p" Q* d% {
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!5 i* G! w. J P, D0 G: S
3 X; Z& y4 e. }! cL: 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!2 V& R5 s, D' F9 V
+ {5 e! w5 [* E- P, XM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ; ?& U+ c' |" Q) g% s/ u7 \ * D3 X, v0 r* @! ^ g9 W+ XL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。+ X1 Q+ I7 R6 E$ ]' x# W
2 z1 \+ d" j6 H(Michael和李华看完电影以后) : H* _4 B4 E4 _0 U$ l7 k4 p1 K: m3 J( J& T/ [! G3 a. C
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ / h+ j) U4 q' Q: s " c7 ^; q, ?3 \% S3 [$ wM: 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. ' v* }0 g1 | G# e) B5 q9 s & b' r- n' f- `( p1 w" yL: 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！, R0 j" D' F! x0 p3 t" E
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 3 i4 `( S5 L; Z$ n3 k k & x! M1 m1 g" c7 Y$ kL: 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。 + Y- V/ ^# t( Y4 f0 Q6 L7 l' s$ w/ ^: }# v
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.0 e/ f6 B$ l. H: m1 }6 V
8 j$ j; i' n, J7 n0 qL: 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？7 [4 d1 B* Q2 P3 i7 ]9 N3 ^
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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. ; e$ e2 c" b. Z9 c8 _3 v' L% q ! N0 \& l5 W, F! n/ |& @* jL: 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。 3 i' U# [& l& q9 R( I/ w, n3 f! B) ^1 R# w5 m. Q) @' W' \
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ( _& ]# V% g$ D$ F; e7 r% u* O, d3 \4 h2 J% ]3 a6 o
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！. ^; C' W' G7 ^/ b9 n+ b
- s3 i) C* z9 D' a- F. z5 C3 iM: Whatever! 4 h; H/ I- Z% h' ]( T- ^3 L 0 L$ l1 U' r+ U% W7 u6 e' [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。 . N& r/ g e! [' }! x! |7 i7 p! z# PAudio as following: , b- F/ n% ?7 ~6 W" Q( S9 `
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