5 @, b9 D7 p9 J" \$ jM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?. o; C& W! A4 R2 m5 \$ k1 \
3 S& b0 l4 p- C. iL: 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！ ' U5 G5 A: o! g5 z6 G% T3 Z& g, X& H ; s9 e- \1 e4 ?- W, Y1 g: }M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.7 Y: c V' J, o V% l
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?$ {" x* {$ Z8 ? a, }
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5 {7 D4 k8 w9 E" A7 ML: 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 p/ b) x6 B1 S2 \ Y& a7 J8 m! r, cM: 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...' m4 N- L; K- Y
# x6 D2 g( |8 y6 e. n$ D. j8 dL: 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 p/ Y/ I7 Q8 R# s8 B6 U
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.1 l" t4 B( m8 @9 F
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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！ & X# ~! n( m& s+ q' Z 3 S0 n; |9 E0 G# lM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example., ?/ h- z/ i F$ {* M
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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！4 C' L' z- t) T5 p. ] `
$ j% `4 u1 x, X& S+ k9 o9 `M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ; }! Z! }9 R" ~4 p" K" ~- A/ y" R4 g
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!# z9 ^7 e5 L3 `8 _
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 9 G( p6 z' X+ j, s0 B) F9 F/ C% ?4 @8 U0 l
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 # _8 G7 B5 e; C ( J* k. n" q6 j: r& t(Michael和李华看完电影以后)" `7 F7 ? R/ {2 `2 P
X7 \" j E4 ^* F/ k# I; }: ^L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 3 }8 o ^# Y6 W/ k 9 E5 W" H# |+ T2 t- r2 r5 YM: 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. 4 W( U6 f/ W, ]& E' [ e) I8 n1 V' w- ?0 b/ H9 m8 t0 tL: 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！/ y+ h/ ?+ k- r" }
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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.; R7 W' {7 E+ C. J6 Y& P
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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？! H; Q/ J; M9 G0 ~6 J
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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. 4 h- S ^4 y) ?: Q* u( p# f2 s' G8 F4 H: `; T
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。 # @/ X7 c5 ?8 Y6 v* h3 }0 U0 F' a! h
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!8 K( f3 l# s. u- T
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M: Whatever! ; w4 n! L3 L: n% s 0 c0 U: l5 p' R9 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。/ p; l B$ p6 k
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