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。 + m a! J2 M( \3 D4 N - p6 f6 \6 N7 x- OM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 2 B/ t6 i$ T% W* Z% F7 W! r- |* G. M, Q6 @
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！$ k1 E$ v* Y- ?; x
- w1 c+ v+ y0 K! A9 {( l+ |% x0 xM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.& X6 ` c+ X9 s ~1 O- a
. T# B/ V5 ?( _0 [L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?0 M/ d6 i {, m* c5 i
* Q m2 y$ p. L/ J2 sM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". & Q8 L! m7 u- D 6 s* X/ L# W* N8 a7 Q# xL: 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？3 q+ ?4 B: `- O$ l' _3 T& }
: M. {' U; e: M1 F% JM: 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... # k: W& s4 }) R. e% m- h2 }+ X % `6 O2 I; F( o% E6 b3 I. c5 pL: 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？0 H2 u1 `0 V S* Y Y3 z y$ `
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ) A1 A' l) y. {) w5 {7 G5 s2 S2 M' y2 ^
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！ ; @& ~* c% h; m" x$ ^0 O& g9 D ' b+ E4 B* G6 h9 K: S) L( Y$ ]M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ) b1 Y2 D2 r9 s; j5 j) z% Q) D( f( X1 n" l9 X# v
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 L+ m$ q- W: F4 {- [
- R" ~2 r" H+ AM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ( d7 e( Y2 `, ?5 n . q& V5 o5 E1 ?) N tL: 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!* C. [5 f- g5 o* O
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! / |/ z1 `2 d7 M) k* s# c % t% V. ~6 {4 }& z! d) E9 x7 yL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 ' }8 C( o5 _) R! K2 e+ x, w j0 T) \( m, ?7 O
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！" `0 Y' ?8 K, f" y
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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.; a5 \3 h' @7 h$ U
, [2 `3 I( v- z( LL: 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！ 1 c3 Z8 p; @$ q4 J4 H2 Z+ ?. X: X' [- J' S1 e1 O' V
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!5 y9 l. Q0 o/ C
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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。 7 _4 L7 R! R+ f) Z( [* N; G 6 ~' J6 H# u( e/ T$ w' VM: 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./ D. O$ H3 P4 J0 q D: K- }6 x
; {9 ]& G1 B7 w3 G+ E+ b, eL: 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/ |4 a& v+ z# K; N* a
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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. ( F, p& X( s$ j. J5 r" K+ l& V/ T9 B3 D. l3 n! S
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 Q U6 ~. D- R9 }/ ^+ Z! o 0 J& s; Z/ D/ _# aM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! o% S9 t+ K* [0 z* N0 @0 o6 h+ J' H h$ t! H# v$ W# _0 Z
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！! M. z& U! P+ m! p
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M: Whatever!5 i" ~* h% e3 \3 k5 ^+ q) 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。' F. m9 u1 d6 a
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