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。 $ x3 o# ]/ f6 l3 y4 \4 a! b % ]1 o. \( ]* G, w" s, e, cM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?; O5 h' ]6 _7 ?2 z$ ]
1 C( u7 u* w3 Q6 b# bM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 6 {! ]. f7 c# Q, D6 Y 1 }4 F9 Y3 N k- }L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?: `( A6 p+ R5 l! O- v0 s4 d: }- J
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". " z6 C. n: k9 }$ f9 B/ _2 N2 d+ m9 F4 V9 T; n' o+ C- p
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？; ]! c$ q/ k8 Z8 p2 q$ ?
# y$ L1 n! \& ]6 P- D$ B$ _7 dM: 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...% I9 [! T- m" E% h D
" ?7 O# j: Q" T: CL: 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？ M; H1 l1 K- R& b
3 X N' O& n# l/ m3 WM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.1 ^, G: ?" Y2 w7 m1 H9 |7 @% L( f5 [9 }
+ t; R4 T" g4 y- Y0 c6 ?M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 1 D" Q) l! T# Z5 s% }" H8 ^. D# t/ \' t k9 t( A3 g
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！8 H8 z$ {5 l1 f7 ?3 H0 ?
) M S/ [' G, c& c m& mM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ' D( {: k( Z4 Z! L# Q+ C- {/ B r$ m4 S$ e) s! Y) E" K
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!+ m$ a! q: `7 U/ c1 f- ^
~( P' N+ u+ P4 a; a6 hM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!- o% V. R2 P" f$ t. T
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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。* J! ~/ X1 |2 s: s! q
, K/ |5 T! W. } n( b+ ~0 z- W U( z(Michael和李华看完电影以后) & B+ f+ _3 D6 _. U9 C5 d: f 1 E' U; S6 i% ]5 U8 ?0 JL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ * g+ X/ ~" X" W/ F" V( r$ @2 Y1 b( L. E, b( |
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. / C5 p( u: q( T, s) O5 n( g & H7 h% C' `) ? h2 R. G+ O$ JL: 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 E( g* R ?5 z7 I: h
6 u" w; Q& Y4 {! ~M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!6 k" E4 F- `! }" D9 O% |- ?2 B
; [8 A. G2 I/ ]$ `5 l' \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。. R( W" }. \* l' ^" U' _9 V0 C
7 X- a2 k/ q: S1 {: R- eM: 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. & p9 ~( z; x7 z2 D# D0 |1 a ( M* q* B+ }9 E( ~2 |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？! b0 w. A6 D1 v! f' ?) R
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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 }( l. |* j, f$ z+ q! E* h# O4 P0 l( @3 } g
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。 & D5 o9 x% B$ d- x- q6 Z" L+ x9 d8 x- a+ L$ @- S" W2 [7 I$ D" a
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ! ~$ f) ^6 _* X6 Q; i) Q) h1 a* @9 j. P/ x
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！ / |; T: B' u8 v0 v: D- Z& |6 M$ y" {7 A
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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。 - g4 \. J: ~: f8 \ a$ z* IAudio as following:' x+ p6 c& s/ j# Y
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