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。3 |% V9 S/ m! v/ J+ K, } Z
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?# V) ]1 K/ H( V
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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！ 7 ^( U! j+ Q7 k: F1 ?- Z. Q ! k. ]2 b1 o& N1 \: fM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 6 }+ q- n# P( n* Z- G8 w% \8 g h( a# R+ X7 }: f0 j5 t6 K& W, u8 a
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 4 E0 ~+ c8 ]; }& q8 b( A3 R$ J: ]; a" ]+ e/ }9 A' Y$ J
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar"./ o1 ^( z" q8 ?$ K/ {& B3 Z+ g% C) E
9 D& m9 s% Z; [, e5 wL: 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？" D, F) b" O! d8 r
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1 w. X& P1 \: P$ QL: 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？) ^" A1 J5 A. R, g
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples." q& A( e/ }4 J" c2 T8 _4 ^
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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！ * x; W, D' F9 t% g " Y1 R! U% p$ A- y( LM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. a c) P; e9 ~6 J7 M ( D$ S" C5 S/ l* l9 IL: 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 c3 ^2 T1 g8 g# s9 u
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!; F \- @$ ]" _' Y, e6 G) Q, J
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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. t' [+ }: w4 U* s " J J% L- z" OM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!7 w, X1 _" |4 @, @6 ]
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) ) A, x0 A2 M" O% `4 k1 X6 o 5 j _2 ~) X) W O: AL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ , s- u- N% h# m$ [) E5 V4 B P3 F; ^
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. 9 @" w$ `: A9 `- d' t3 U ]3 e/ k( \3 w' UL: 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！* I* J% S4 B+ {$ ]: ]0 ]! d
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+ N9 z4 V7 U; H& P5 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。 " I+ y5 }6 m) i: V5 k+ k* T4 k: w1 c2 B+ D9 v6 b- ~2 G Q
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.& J* L! e6 O4 b. o( u) P! t
$ h B6 `) Q" u3 B2 L9 p4 TL: 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？ - T0 q; |* C" `3 |8 {/ l $ Q* Q, h+ K" ~3 J7 yM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.0 ^9 G# `" i l4 z3 c1 k, u
9 r* u# z# M! V& M4 {% \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* k* t* A0 U U) k7 r) R4 @. V; M. E# v! @4 r0 `M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! : C" s8 M: I4 R . I) W2 H" B) P6 b" O4 q) |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！ 4 v3 h* E0 B- Q U. t' f0 v2 D; F0 p0 I& v" ^
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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 T" j; v+ ]3 N3 W% E W6 NAudio as following:" i, u$ \; r: l+ |5 a8 h% d( }
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