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。9 |, l9 l1 Z$ C: h
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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 U% F1 ?% D/ K( O9 L: Y7 _0 G, k8 e t( T5 K" C6 p
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.2 f. i* f+ r, H9 W; {
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar"./ t7 B6 R" }* S$ D
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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？ * d. w' |1 N* W. e7 k X+ A5 l* T0 {( v$ |7 ~) b2 p6 }+ Z
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...1 n% D- o) \7 E& H( Q3 |% A3 a: C% Y
% N! g2 m& }1 LM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.& v/ i4 S6 R( w. {( u( u
) K9 U9 F2 H( Y0 ^7 a: lL: 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！ * b2 P1 I/ e0 [" G ! |! P( q& H, z" }6 RM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.! Z" U; `, U* b+ v
' G$ G8 s4 ^6 `7 {- x0 w: ~$ \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！ ! z& d% \ N6 Z1 ] 0 U; ~/ S0 K' L4 {4 R" k EM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ' D. M" u5 z [ 5 @8 ~ M7 j; g7 l" o3 BL: 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!4 s5 }$ y1 i/ z% H8 _
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!2 j8 G! D, v+ c- n4 @) b
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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.2 D; a: u% J% d, q0 W
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! v g. {+ m+ V
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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。# ]5 q8 U& B- J- p
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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.2 K4 R8 T% z [/ I6 H0 G* t
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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？ ( L: v' B( |# A- v& Z* P& p. @; j 2 g& B4 i: j' w/ r; ?( YM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. " u6 y- S$ a9 [4 p9 [7 \% v0 z; J& M3 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。 # H& u/ x6 C- j% P6 X/ A% x- f1 Q3 B" V( _3 M/ O' \: n
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!1 F1 Q* H( a; B+ S ~
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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！; v$ S: m) B, n, X3 U
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M: Whatever!4 f2 \ e; {1 F$ q. r
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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。/ p W0 v, ?" o& r
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