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。; k, T) v. d) I: w& F* B* ?' y+ ~" M
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 4 O- P0 L* o2 y9 ]8 l" {. C ' A( o( w5 ?$ L3 [/ ~; HL: 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！, S6 `/ ]2 h1 Q/ N
6 R7 V1 ?# D+ ^, @+ JM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.: Y. {; a( p! K4 \
+ T$ L- ^$ ?- o) UL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? - E/ Z4 `8 H2 f7 D- d. K( q, S. @% Q/ p2 j
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".- C1 n3 h( |0 s: E+ ~/ J. V
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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？ ( x' ~% ~2 C2 n6 y9 t* Y/ j: a. q6 \4 ^# z1 t
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... # o" q6 |+ t$ I9 ?3 }$ R, t" H. F$ G3 c. ^6 g% S9 h- G4 L# U) g2 `3 ?+ q, b
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 Q3 S( C P0 u
) B, r, L* M* b9 E' u; _# SM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. & k7 r% B7 R$ b& s2 p+ u + t8 O p7 Z% o7 X- m8 _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！8 Y( X) |: G5 a: }
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M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.5 ?$ A" }3 b: D- y& f5 \
& c/ x3 V1 l7 }. O' f% s* LL: 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！# O0 T2 {% U2 ^
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!3 r# h E6 Y6 U' Z/ k5 l; L+ k9 P7 U
) J( g3 v4 r4 UL: 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!3 p& Q4 b7 F& D' ]5 H9 G/ m
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!9 {- b o) ~3 J9 ~
3 G: L/ U# W& V0 B5 j& OL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ : n7 w* w( n/ R3 z9 w7 T. R7 l4 }! C0 N4 m3 F/ n
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.% x( t" B9 _6 L9 T0 _
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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！6 o4 y% Q: G/ G; O6 W: b# D
6 B9 e' F6 J8 q% X1 y/ t1 N/ MM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!* |2 L- _& S- K$ g3 Z
0 A! R! F. M2 d/ x5 S; LL: 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。) t8 ]! }2 O6 \) Z% ?* l0 A8 t
5 W L! q4 F7 mM: 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. 5 r3 e d' W6 c 7 a* q% G2 \: e+ {5 \' a, XL: 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？ 3 W1 V! U/ o; G' o8 ?" { ) J+ U! L7 P! JM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. & k O3 @% X$ ]: S- j% g) F3 r: P7 A, i
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。; C- j2 S/ [2 O3 K& i
- D6 O; X! r* _! j/ c; I7 L( {M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!7 y' H `+ t! U; x Y2 Z. m- p4 ]6 ?
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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！ # \4 G1 w: }- l% C 6 S }9 x! t! p `6 d/ \M: Whatever! 5 r$ z" j# }6 b- T' V7 G" a2 d8 q4 c& J3 z& ]' _
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。& e- e4 ]) j. ?$ k3 ^% M
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