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。% H8 F4 V7 e2 w
$ i ^( b) I9 G# {* w9 j: y2 P6 a) aM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? & W x8 [! y: U) u( ^$ v& ]- r7 F, o9 V. v, K7 r5 V
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！* c! Z3 w) N; n. ^( Q
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4 W- s$ x, ]% E( \& AL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?6 V/ o1 @2 k g
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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？ # ^, F. f4 u" ]7 ? " Q. Y; l2 |5 C" J3 G* H9 _4 v. j2 rM: 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... 9 h/ c' s3 e1 z( L8 j6 q" I4 ?+ j; X" w5 @. ^$ Y4 I6 F
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？+ ]; T3 h2 r5 Y4 T+ a; N9 _
8 ^ r* }5 B. \# V `; Y5 I2 nM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 0 T E# S) O: o D `& e0 w, X( ^* E7 ~5 j1 t4 K
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！. H9 G2 b& n2 ?/ `" F
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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.& u1 y$ y1 `2 t3 {( t
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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！/ H% M6 A0 W8 h
8 W2 U0 h# ^/ `' S# ^M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!/ p, X0 s |5 Z; Y2 i$ A: f- T, Y
, c; |6 |; ^ t2 _1 DL: 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! % n; E8 ^8 m1 R' v9 \1 D; g7 m/ _$ q) k: `. [) Z$ ?1 \- }0 P! T
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ( Z u. F+ m' w, j3 q' s1 r 4 h$ F' S6 }( F9 M& s8 ~3 N) ZL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 - o! v2 W* J, X- A & p" u% [% R9 z+ X5 W7 m4 [; l+ m& p(Michael和李华看完电影以后)2 z+ x8 U5 L2 F. m F! g) X
! c0 m% `, W4 O, e0 XL: Michael，这电影可真棒！' i3 x2 p5 \0 ^' L8 n
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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. * L4 C0 b$ G# M4 G' P; _( S0 n# B7 J$ Y; ~
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！ 1 x# p, Z- [8 Q' p% M; B8 j( ^, S& q$ D" r$ K! u
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!- X5 K. H! ?1 X3 A
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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。 , O1 x3 B5 u v 0 ^: i3 Y E) YM: 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. % g5 `7 T: j* z2 m+ C* [6 j' S$ {$ B7 J G ]" s
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？( O& v1 V6 |4 D) _4 \
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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. 1 F( G$ u, P1 T4 p% t! f' k; L0 I& t" V- m$ a
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。 p: M% Q# E# \) z; o1 a. M# H# [( |. o
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!: h# P8 J# j, u0 W1 G: i+ D
6 c6 X7 V' a j3 [/ |$ _, LL: 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！" Q) `. c3 w J4 h" d$ `- H5 L
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M: Whatever!$ V3 o' L* f2 F9 W. V) M
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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。 2 l2 s! \9 O# `- _Audio as following:8 O; n8 {: M7 F1 }3 ]
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