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。 ' c! k1 K# d1 v. i, h/ m0 J( E9 R4 `1 H. R
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? & b7 Y$ I h1 \2 _! b" j 5 }: G2 p) G/ [' h( s1 S1 ~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: \6 E# J- O
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? B/ F, g* G5 U) ?) V* T) P" e
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ) \4 `' R' }) C . e8 O! p b$ G# RL: 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？6 H3 L! V/ A/ y: L- B+ G- ^" v- @. l
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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...) k3 o9 C# f! p. Z) ?0 M
$ M6 T) j0 f) Q. m. ^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？- e$ w8 S2 [. i) N" J
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.* M7 t, g0 {- a9 c% u
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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！ 2 M& q) K: \. v: N / t1 T5 F/ {, u, r0 M: ~6 bM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.; \/ o% h* E# z# t$ G+ h
! |9 {1 f& f4 f8 W- g4 t! D7 oL: 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！0 C2 I8 g: F- @% U
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 0 d7 f% A9 p. y2 L }' K9 y; o/ d. U C
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!$ x4 ]) W, d; O7 \+ m
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!, k% t0 q4 w5 T: N
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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。 3 k u: ^/ T# y2 y% `0 h0 e' d; l
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) ) K' U/ e* ] W9 ]0 {+ \/ y1 ]6 F& j6 b
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ( H$ d3 W) t' P6 Y; t4 D# w+ z& }( y& K" t
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. 3 M: Z Y% A% `9 B- G% l % m& G& N w- r' i* yL: 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 @! G$ o3 Z4 j4 s$ V- N
, ^8 }1 ~+ h2 a% SM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ' P" g0 S/ O% n) @; z4 r( Z/ z: M, D( U' k2 v4 y9 M, e4 S
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。 4 C: C, O5 l& T2 g7 p; l5 w' e3 m* l7 k0 p# ~% |# J
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.4 m9 S5 `9 |) U* ]2 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？ 2 I4 H6 i# p- F: m ' O0 V4 m% R) o1 X# N. CM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ) D5 Q1 s6 y8 C+ S - F; H9 n" F& n+ u9 p5 d: p) ^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。8 k! b3 P; R! Z+ a: z# K
- M6 V* J6 y$ X) OM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! # s$ V0 l: Z& q5 z ?7 w * X2 p2 p# t& ?4 _2 kL: 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 L+ e$ \2 v7 N0 c1 i! C, {, v, a, L) H& A& D6 O+ B$ P
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+ `3 E# P: c" |4 ]8 u$ C a/ 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。 ' B+ t. X" ?4 |/ M8 q! G7 z1 kAudio as following:. _) s! b) k* ]# G j
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