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。+ `8 S; n% h: R7 B- j, c
# i, Z0 p8 j6 {, |8 P! _& E- VM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 9 N2 B. B% F. d0 @ * E w- H. `( P; A8 x" J; \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！ + n9 ^- G# p3 Z1 b5 A6 `% K' Q4 V- }) Q* Y; P' f& }% P
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks./ a6 j9 s( I; A4 U! @$ ?
" }1 s5 U& R1 i/ B" V! uL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? ' D* I7 m6 o+ ^. K8 a! [8 m p ?& s- c' Z: {% b! U7 [9 z* k$ CM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".0 F2 ~* S, W2 {/ W9 p* Q1 i' O8 V
' i! D x2 C7 }: OL: 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？, E/ Q4 q5 r' ~4 d3 Y% r
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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...; F* t, b: y ?: O
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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？ , [, N+ s- H8 z7 ~) `# `) Y* l l9 o) a! _& z) U% C+ _M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.2 D C( K( e" t! e3 E2 k
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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！ - a9 J" O$ ^7 x2 _ b ) a: P7 F* g- T1 e( ^. WM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 6 C0 A& @/ k4 V! W5 [, O/ V0 k 5 t5 A8 [' X& ]: k' {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！ - \' [6 w; c# c+ B* D 9 q/ h$ K7 A9 T2 W# pM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 6 s& A# e) E& l: F. c* o( G+ l# ^$ }: ?9 m p+ E4 |" J
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! : J' o: c. i6 T9 s! q2 C# ]; X1 Z2 M' H: \9 g
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!/ |+ {) F) y7 }0 r
6 u3 V" ^6 a, I! u7 Z# dL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 $ |8 [( S7 Y+ z7 I" I# V$ k 7 _. E$ A; e x5 l6 ^(Michael和李华看完电影以后)3 x3 T& w. ~ @% {
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！# S0 s8 k I* |) `* z$ u/ M# j, Y
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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. ' y' s7 d, m; f" ~6 l& h5 X7 G$ \# E7 B3 N, r
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！9 F2 V& U I) R% n/ E: P# r
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!# R" g8 |9 Q7 Z2 ~2 d$ C8 n0 r
+ ~! v- P$ ^( N5 A& tL: 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。4 @' S4 p: T7 T; ] U9 z
1 ]5 {: [( J) U: e1 |" N& wM: 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.* x; N* J: D/ J: b0 o/ Z
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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？; y% O) H; s, B& u5 G% Q' c
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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.+ N4 E6 m, i5 S5 C
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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。 : H1 f; i% L* }- M: X " h9 [% Y" j' ?: `6 oM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 1 k2 {, x" K1 |' Z3 p) R4 N U" M, A/ E: {/ u
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！, A# p" P* G 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。 ( t: C3 t+ k0 J4 OAudio as following: 6 S% s; s; Z! r+ X
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