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。 + g$ T5 d8 Y! |: N/ B8 ^7 y3 Z" p* V6 v( \& q& o, {
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?( K2 E1 w4 W/ y/ g9 }+ U
& g. c8 D1 F. j, s# v4 CL: 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！9 O4 R% a# d% y$ a
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 8 n. C0 d5 z5 g4 d6 e' G9 ^ ; d2 e' N% S8 o0 `) q8 @L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?4 Y! `5 |% p4 d0 v& k! }- \( f
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 2 k' f/ a# }4 d5 K6 B* z( u v5 K- [3 k9 W) t% @
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？( H% K6 m- t4 X: q$ S
. e" C- E* c) P3 vM: 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...' y& S# M" ?4 `9 B
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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？8 |- P) O, W9 }7 L8 M& R
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. % q. K; \: @# V; z; T$ |% K* d5 b$ m6 m ]
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！ # t, F o1 M* [/ D: I( u8 S/ X7 A. j( ^, v1 a8 K, M, H/ j. Z
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. O `# U3 l+ L+ I/ f. E$ _! R
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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！ # ?# F. m/ v# s- C- f* [# K/ E, l0 i3 M3 k0 p. E& n
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 6 | |/ y# n& }( x8 R* O0 ^/ V$ {* K' l
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! 5 u- U9 `$ R. B3 p . [7 l7 F4 X' k6 r: H! CM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! k% v: p0 L& H) y
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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。 ; C/ S: a, h. ^ ; l! q& h4 O9 C7 _% r(Michael和李华看完电影以后) ) C# Q7 o3 x7 W, @% c/ `/ `( O% |$ O; a8 w( n
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 5 ?' B+ H8 X) [% o2 U# k 4 _( |7 H- X* Q/ ^+ xM: 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. " ^/ u% ^1 G, p9 F5 _' ?+ n( }- c# s% K6 R" Q$ Y0 K
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！- w8 }/ g$ t/ e q3 m5 ^7 i4 F
% U0 t: y% T* i1 j" _# ]M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!1 z( R1 r9 b2 _ I. r \: x& A
( q/ w9 a! I, V EL: 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。, {" y8 h9 p1 c
: J3 i6 _3 E9 y" b8 ]& ~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. 4 c6 k9 s' t4 ^4 t. J" x ; C# V/ x2 I0 S* \8 i: ?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？ * m: n$ B! R) r4 c5 _9 O" Q0 p G' b8 Y9 L/ W8 L
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.: ]: D. d' h6 _
' x% T0 ]. x6 h* O: NL: 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。 . [: R! U+ h& J5 U* V6 Y, B/ P x6 A$ m; ?. [4 P( \2 h8 c, t6 ?
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!0 W* M/ n1 t7 d, A
% b8 e4 u5 F) S# A4 kL: 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！ l& K) r: @ L8 z # f J4 n- J o/ z) s( h0 ^$ Y" tM: Whatever!0 q3 P; Q) R! R+ C
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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。5 w$ X; ?& B. Z% W% g+ c3 J
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