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。 ) V. ]7 l. V2 M' ?- \7 \ : T2 v/ u* `, r# P6 O/ A+ YM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?6 A! L1 K* ?6 k9 P
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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！ 8 a2 u1 g0 S! d. w9 D : y3 A2 Y7 J2 N, B( KM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks., F' N, d; n$ t8 S1 `3 @- ]9 k
8 u! b; Z( h! m: v; GL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? ( E) X5 s: M, u7 O7 u N ( d9 A# G% l) v$ K5 dM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".& V: S0 B' i3 C5 }
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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？ ) X% O9 a9 j$ p$ r% l: ?- w; G% L( K 3 I- K5 E1 c4 x8 ~- |9 L$ r0 FM: 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... w/ \* j' g) U4 D( G( o% o* g 3 e1 ?+ v3 B z; [/ O2 hL: 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？ 5 o' w# Q+ o1 z, S6 v* Y1 o 1 @! F. P: R J7 k. l$ ?% b, dM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. - k1 V% a7 V4 C& K% A+ a, a9 j2 R! x' `
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！: `# l# n0 X3 L* |+ t
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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. 4 i6 W2 E! z: }" O3 S. a8 D2 n1 M# g* ]5 Z* \4 K# Y' n5 e
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！: e- E$ F- R8 c. T. n/ L% x
5 F8 S2 S' f0 v! b' mM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! % y( O% c$ H" G, Z% y. r6 h 5 U8 x6 v! t4 o5 d3 rL: 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!- m3 c, W* ~' ?9 a; C
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!9 ^3 Q. E' j8 p# _3 H7 l( m
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L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。$ m9 S- G' N" r2 G) |
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！9 Z! e" Z6 H" T! S) k
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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./ P) o6 H5 P! v2 C. b
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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！ / Z$ v/ |$ t: f; Y9 L 4 o6 a! N8 ^4 EM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! , W! \) a7 T+ ~" O7 E / o- w# \0 v+ q+ F+ E+ yL: 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。5 S+ R/ |+ }2 @) e
6 S: [9 V5 Y1 P5 {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.4 \- ^* k0 E5 l) 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？* e \0 i$ \' y ~/ G3 d
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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.8 L$ c9 B7 z# F- j. H
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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。 ! t% z( ?" a M9 [) }" }& [% ~# G1 I% ^: L' q/ M. e! ]; I+ \ M
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 9 p: a* d# C, x( t1 V# S( R9 t' i$ m' a# }% [
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！ , t6 T- f" t3 b8 h9 w4 Q3 i1 ~ j+ n$ _7 ~. h0 [+ K- B
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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。 5 V- X( Y; J; A" j% b1 _8 p- V) BAudio as following:$ x& p% v2 D' K0 T/ W
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