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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?! W, K9 }) [2 D9 m2 {
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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？ 3 j3 y) S4 U5 l: d( T ) a9 e- l# t6 l7 n C0 ?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... & q4 E! A; S l( x) Z& ~4 z 9 q# |2 D0 N w# C ]. I1 d; \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？ * Q i3 D3 Z$ A$ {! }, d% e3 m$ T' ]0 @- M3 P& \
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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！ : \- ?9 K7 @3 {' [$ s/ K% E5 S6 D/ j/ x4 B$ n
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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！) t% v8 I/ \; }; Y
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ! v+ |# K, J2 R+ `" a2 I5 G1 l/ v" _) ]# T
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 `/ N' Z f5 v. D7 q9 [+ f9 }! s) |
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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。. E! `. }3 ^$ ~ w6 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. # j8 j3 k/ D) V6 D! T1 I ) U1 O) c) K: }! v' x' |/ WL: 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！4 x' _4 I5 K+ e8 b
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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. ; j! t; Z9 N: K" d# s2 W9 _/ w! }8 k- | h+ }4 |4 C, p4 w( vL: 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？ C& Z# e' G* ~, d3 e& J. s& Y+ A; l! P6 R: {$ A% e/ y
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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。4 E/ M7 d- D+ j" L. X
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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！; w! t2 d; ]& X- Y+ Q; C' r
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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。 ; t S5 m5 Y, P' c- mAudio as following:; s' o: I1 A! m7 T
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