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 G! k2 g t( {& Z' D
' k% e2 M6 b: T- l- u- zM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?" ~5 G1 L+ _( A( ]1 {" Z6 j2 t% ~
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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！3 v3 @7 i* x W" K# O5 l9 q5 N
; _" U# q) Y) {+ SM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.3 e, o# }2 ?8 S- F( t0 ?7 ^
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?7 {, j( ?5 A7 Q8 ]" P# b' _/ x+ w
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2 H" w" r; v" }* G @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？7 e; D8 A8 `0 x: P8 z
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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... " `) J$ s$ {! ^4 P F$ g# G- P$ q9 W/ u. V+ 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？0 J& o$ C& c. |4 U. G
- n5 _4 Y: w5 l4 \) kM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. $ q' M! B! }' @5 Y, i+ c" f X- b7 J$ n* }2 @! `% ^3 ^
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！ 7 d$ E4 S* T* }7 ?9 O B& s: d3 q, K7 y9 r/ T3 N
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. # k8 }7 i% q8 m7 M G, S9 {$ V& ?: k& m8 p
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！" B0 U- |+ x3 }9 _1 B. u) f
8 h+ E/ ~+ @4 p; F0 mM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 6 f6 r. Q5 Q3 r- v9 H H: K4 k' [" |1 G* n9 ]! |' @% F
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!" z- b& Z3 I7 w( T; A2 D
& E7 \8 s( ]) |" `M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! # z. l6 ^7 }" n p: J- S: v+ ^2 s7 a- k6 j# `
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。- b. J8 k+ v. U0 a1 M8 W* k
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: h& Y/ S+ b: A, W" y( R E5 [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.* E7 s' o; y" Y9 L$ ~0 c
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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！5 c1 j. e* @; w0 F' }/ |; z
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!2 Z' P2 X' i6 x7 l* R- |) e1 t( U
- r0 s5 m+ K A1 ]: Z) w0 y0 A1 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。# r6 b4 V+ }9 P; @! R0 W5 Q5 h
5 ~% U; c5 D2 K+ `' ?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. 1 ~1 g8 m# s' o' K - {, D* V% s- u; ]5 u" C, ]+ d5 M6 {* pL: 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？ 4 a t G+ {( b+ g/ r4 z V6 B6 P5 g* p' ^
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.$ Y9 |( w" U; d- [
/ V5 |- C1 d4 e* @; y1 J; VL: 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。 - Y' H R; k9 _4 D# B. t: N. U9 @( X; g
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 5 w( C, w5 a- \! g ; d8 @. g$ ]$ i8 }) p) {- mL: 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！3 z- {, _ e0 ]! C
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/ `, {8 j; L+ y# Z* }) U3 C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。 : o* ^( c. j; K9 G4 c0 A8 l1 U9 ]Audio as following: * g, `/ Y, n- c7 T- L
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