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。 6 g( v; K z# \' i8 G/ N- M ( `1 c; G2 |: X* C) t- }4 PM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? & W( `' ^3 o) I* u3 f5 ^( W& i; S! c! \8 E k! c3 e
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！ * r$ @! U* q. a( r. k. `/ c% Z$ t9 N) R! e! H1 {, j8 O
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 5 `0 U/ t, c) I8 r6 j F 6 L% J4 u/ ?/ _0 {L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?8 ?: X+ I# q4 c% Y, S1 \4 c
* \+ |) P* Z/ C' S/ w! z1 x5 U. }M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".# @% q! O" p* {) E9 M- {
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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？+ |0 B$ z; ]/ ^
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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...4 ^+ N# ^) y: W4 [; M% Z
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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？' S: x( w1 g9 ~) I# ^1 a
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.- b* Y( Y8 B4 w- y2 T
3 [/ S( B# p! M$ w: [8 h9 wM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 1 e4 A- t/ O& U5 G5 @ 3 b/ \$ l1 x: l3 C6 b3 ^( AL: 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！. c1 k7 {$ T! p" h% k6 Q
% J3 l p- ]* @ X- W0 mM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 7 N& U+ B9 O/ S( o& T. X! \& @( G 8 Y X+ o1 d! t" L5 D1 ~6 _* n/ |7 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!1 |% n# D7 w5 N# L
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! , g+ y9 u. k! |8 @) U" _1 Q; D4 r, S$ u0 S* h: a( r+ j- m9 M7 l: I
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。. ]8 U: z, p' {% F/ ?- T' t9 \
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！$ C7 C/ V1 C% B$ O, G
% F* E5 n& p# ]3 ]* }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.. `" R# D& Q# i8 l; X6 g
! S: R2 B& N5 _9 q! TL: 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！ 0 M6 F6 E+ G9 B( B- Q! F+ X( n6 o! _
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!4 O; J Q$ l9 k& C H
- p ?4 J! N, d# @$ sL: 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。4 |+ T8 v8 H# o6 Q1 w; U
2 w8 A' p) d2 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.+ E' b, m) R6 J% v8 l8 S& W
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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( \6 a$ Y% \+ ` - I8 C! b/ N; IM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 2 e9 U$ c5 ~- d1 _% h( Q6 r0 ?4 W0 _& ]2 V, ?
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。 1 u4 m9 j/ o' y/ i$ R, {: b+ n2 ]. j8 p R, A
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!/ a6 l$ n' s7 E. H. A7 j3 i! F7 W
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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 B; [6 q! [/ X2 ]
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M: Whatever! 0 J5 R7 }% B- b6 N9 ? & N% i5 H6 }* e4 T0 b# j" S+ W6 N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。 / e2 Y1 @0 }5 m1 }# yAudio as following:7 o+ `/ ]2 H9 x$ M) ^* v6 {" ^
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