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。 , T- X# g* s: w/ s$ }+ L$ g : E0 ^% a+ d+ U1 Q, j3 T. S$ VM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? $ O# i# F% e( V) E2 g - p" |: E! x6 z( F' x4 cL: 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！ ' ?, c9 O S1 N8 I" Y 4 k2 U0 n, s" L! rM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 9 o! `' X# J! A4 u5 K+ g) b7 E . f) r: V/ ~ d% A! RL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? ! n9 X. u) e1 ^4 B# r6 a0 z- |7 ~6 |% _; M5 G+ p& s
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". " i5 I- z( `# M- t1 V! z , H2 L" |& G% s6 X9 [' ^8 LL: 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 h+ n, d+ J% r9 G3 p# m% O/ P1 n3 u- k& I: T
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... c5 R, J* z0 m4 \3 N9 a- V# g0 [0 m- g4 H; |
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？+ d8 `+ z2 E; I" T! _- \
! e1 o W" d' f f F* \) h1 EM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. + V, d- p; a9 n+ f' Y; g8 L: l- S- t
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！! ^: | ^( b, b8 n5 ]
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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.8 i, r, `; `) Y9 O3 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！( E) R2 o2 @; y+ v2 N
, e, j3 ?/ y; G3 VM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ! n: g* J$ x! U( k# y; b- B" V9 s0 N( v
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!, T) r1 i+ T9 K1 i, P8 h! N
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!- t/ u/ @" N* A0 s" s f% m
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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。+ d B) T" h& O; M& X
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 2 ~1 O) U9 W' ~5 u6 m5 D) o% | 8 P! C6 V; G+ ` |$ d# UL: Michael，这电影可真棒！, k2 s0 s& V: o+ l
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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. 8 e/ ]( v8 x A+ b" f, z' G4 _7 j0 o& M( o1 t
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！0 Q9 M9 m2 i* [1 Z, G& T
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!! _) y) ]+ f8 _- j1 f x
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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。 * z2 K& E5 V# C - E1 I, H: W! |! i+ `5 b& KM: 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.! ^9 m. C" m+ ~$ V ?. A
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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？' s+ t; w+ c$ N0 a- G
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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。 & s. d& ?9 N' k % e3 O$ n+ E/ D; M; Y8 xM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! & b) b2 s+ g; C& ]4 |" O9 y9 J- l * I; v/ @$ T0 P+ }$ V6 yL: 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！ - o: ]6 o2 S3 t" s; N2 P& A, e ' m+ {, E! Z$ a3 I. L' gM: Whatever! 2 L( Z4 m% A! E; z/ p! |9 b) h+ y' E1 i3 z( E2 d5 n: E
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。 ]6 E1 |0 l0 P, n) l
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