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。 + d2 A* L, k/ w0 z! \; _% ?1 l- S T. N1 F2 y) {1 {( A" N# RM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?4 q6 \' T- c6 T- I) a0 i
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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！2 ?. P2 J; s4 M' C. P# t
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.' S1 L- N0 ^- h
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?1 |1 w2 R- t# G3 N7 Q
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar"." i1 ~2 N& E: R' H0 U: |
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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 D. ~4 ?- ^ Y, ?
% u2 |2 @ w$ K9 a9 LM: 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...3 f8 \% P- ? x5 C+ p( T
+ }; s! c" H" P$ ^% iL: 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？5 I- \. @9 C7 }: P0 j, i3 X
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.& T; I& i9 D3 `
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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！( j4 `* I E" j' U+ Q# D$ [ Y1 Q
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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. . M0 ?9 y9 q7 l( Q; v 6 |# U7 ~5 F2 q5 k% @* _' }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！2 z/ n2 Y& u/ c4 v; F4 J: H
1 c6 L9 K1 O& j4 ?2 }3 ^: PM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 0 N2 B2 N8 L3 S I& t8 [& j: l. `4 `
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! 9 |* ]' D: I% C2 M/ w/ r$ `$ \! D
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!: D2 q1 z) A$ f3 Z% W
3 u: v' y ^! V: k$ IL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。1 I1 x% F% u, `2 Q# A
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！+ W0 E& D. T4 U. b" s9 F
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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 R1 H# L7 [, a
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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！ % r `. \$ |; G/ o 0 ^+ m5 j5 l% Y- \* r* ?, kM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! " f. p/ q# N7 ~& B . `+ C3 `; z6 i* A- IL: 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。 ; \ y, y2 G5 R* I ?, ?5 }5 R4 @% K! p5 \; ?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. : X+ {5 s' M$ u7 { N* |3 d _ 8 n6 }- l C7 w9 z8 G$ a2 bL: 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+ ]$ C5 [1 @2 W9 l$ J- w' O
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M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. " }* R/ e" f/ T Y# {! R+ _; V4 V1 y# U* d4 l$ E7 k3 I; 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。 0 \: |+ X/ g2 R! U6 q! q6 [+ L$ G% L
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!0 X! c6 L. Q8 o# G2 I! h9 H& F
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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！ : f" b; m6 [& o- F 6 o$ ? r0 z; ^7 LM: Whatever!6 W+ ^ `) {9 O6 @8 O+ r# g
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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。* }, M3 J* H' c& F$ |
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