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。: S# \; w+ \0 h* F3 o
0 I; x! V( L2 V# |9 oM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?5 ^" J) r) s, x, J1 u2 v
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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！ 8 `! v- V& x- z! A- A2 R 4 x9 ]9 ^- A& i0 CM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.' f: \0 c$ A, q& g% j, Q% U
2 x+ }" t ~8 j' ]' ^L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 5 z3 }) P2 d' E* E& d% O. Z7 d; }" [) O
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".+ Y7 b, E0 k3 q |; F$ Z1 {
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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？8 O4 j6 L7 ?1 m/ i$ O; W' D, D& ~
% Q {+ |' X+ [6 BM: 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... % F: i$ C7 [3 z+ ]3 R, J9 o! v/ d |! l& {4 @5 i
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？6 D" q& |' e- Q1 | w4 E
4 Y t! N* r: r9 ZM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.3 c3 u; m; q+ m6 [0 k8 w
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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！+ C' @+ X8 Z+ w' x) X
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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.$ @" c3 |/ h4 Q( Z' w! n
3 P) W0 F B0 X; Y, J9 GL: 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！ / u/ U5 P9 m% N4 k$ [ 0 |9 D* i$ i# ^0 _4 k, W) q2 }M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!+ r6 n* r. S4 h2 M
5 Q+ m8 @" L, B4 x aL: 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!/ p9 t0 H! P) Y/ O! ^1 B
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!, B+ B- _0 L# p8 ]0 H; u
; J6 ^& e# m/ k( u \2 |$ u4 a$ aL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。1 F1 E. C6 j; |
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后)# |- ~ k' }' N, L" { v# `
; A" }+ [! ?/ q# U# ]' D e: tL: Michael，这电影可真棒！7 L. H" \, j. _
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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.' B5 ? t2 b1 c' z, y
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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！ ) t/ @6 |0 I% p6 k+ I4 j % A* R- v3 q9 C6 m v$ E. NM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! , ?) ^- D9 ]4 a) _( \ e; C2 e0 i3 w$ n- a1 Z
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。 ) T# R1 K/ i7 r8 u7 J2 u: d+ A! @' [' i# L0 z8 d) S
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.1 X% ~. D1 t o$ P' d4 ?+ F
t' u1 u! ]1 ]/ p( N5 GL: 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？ 0 E/ x% R: n" [9 q* W & G [/ Y7 o' T7 dM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ' e) B5 M: Y! n8 O& {: m7 k& K) L( o3 I. e% e0 D6 Y' J
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。 # |* c/ d/ s2 I8 D: {, C. x, h5 E$ M- ^
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 8 ~, q0 @' V" q9 p B( n 4 I; b$ U; [8 y2 }/ u T8 C! NL: 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！ 0 ^. c4 C2 y" H" O, V! ^, J! 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。 " I6 L* o) E+ CAudio as following: & _$ n/ |8 v8 [, ]* l
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