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。7 H- G" C; _) l P, v
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ' }( v* [/ B1 V5 p ; [4 m- i* p& f3 e9 l- _4 w5 m6 KL: 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！ * i; N- z) {# W 9 P% z4 M; v: D# o1 tM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.- z+ d+ i2 o2 u) @# b
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?4 J: j6 V' ^5 E0 f
5 N+ n5 K! N# ?: f3 B$ GM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".( F2 G- v6 d# g% ~4 Y
0 g- I( P. d9 h1 PL: 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？ ' d1 J. d9 l2 x' B# b+ Q) v4 b/ l6 @* V
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... 3 E& f+ S- b6 m 2 I: _8 Y/ b& l( }, TL: 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？# y8 F1 r8 @5 V7 \6 j7 Q8 [% a
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. " m& X7 M8 U$ w6 T: U 3 ~: J) ]# h" cL: 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！ 7 f1 N- P% a) z q Z6 ?! B% E7 D) |' ]) { M- _M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ! x- V8 n$ i0 [, s/ y5 K: k# B9 Q & c. ^* Y1 P5 m! G4 I) G( i8 X+ {, Q* DL: 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！" F$ W# r! t2 F, k$ q9 t2 [
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!, C! ~& F/ K. ^. u; D& D
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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!8 h' r6 P/ r f! k0 l! Z
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ) T& C; H; O- O" r1 I( r 7 R6 \5 J7 d aL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 + [9 [' q9 h/ J/ a2 M5 |7 w3 |7 `0 a0 B! Z
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) & h& d3 G6 M( ~( p # ]* v- u4 p0 X/ O: f6 ZL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 6 Q9 ^# y {& ^9 T " s" E" w1 s/ A( }& y2 tM: 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. , l9 C5 i0 P9 A% a: V! z # {6 s! u- A6 x! W+ I, Q6 vL: 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 r1 V- Q7 W( y! L; w2 [
0 ]6 V9 R1 W' V2 Y3 f! |$ AM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 1 l/ N, l [; G2 |6 U& T2 T 9 J8 j4 y& |: v5 Z9 R( m3 CL: 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。# m; c+ k( ?: [, i k
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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. ' S; i b/ y I: A4 q- s0 Y) e; J
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？! w. ?9 V4 n7 f# H0 F# j2 \7 i
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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.: f1 m' E8 \* F- G! ]8 k* [0 `
0 F$ O2 ~# }$ B# }- _6 c5 ~% B% X# ZL: 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。( @$ m, i/ e* [: A, F: s5 L
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!4 r( e2 I" v+ n$ O
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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！2 x9 N- m+ L. n- f. _* ]
) ~' m. [; l- G5 U1 [3 @) n% J" \M: Whatever! 4 ]4 z: U. g. G8 r1 g: e+ t ( k9 m0 E# n9 u, b4 z( d/ V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。 : J% E+ ?$ x" q- c9 h, zAudio as following: 0 Y/ ~; q# z- ~' [
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