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! e- H' g4 ~' T1 f! s
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? * u# A" `7 o+ z( s " a H5 M0 O3 w3 o1 c3 YL: 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！( U9 q' E; Z9 o+ e9 X0 r" V2 [
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks." e- x/ p/ I6 q( ~+ c
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 3 ^# G; z( O" ~" s0 W! y4 c8 v1 C7 X) } w& D6 ^# ^# r3 [
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". # V3 o+ a8 \5 p, X5 q ' n9 ?, \0 s9 p* s. R7 o& 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？, I" M& U8 o; w; j5 w. |- b+ L
. |# U& \. C$ iM: 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... * c! F. f5 h' ]5 h , l: m* [$ B6 `1 ML: 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？) r# ]! B$ m5 ^/ L$ t# p7 o) ]9 |
# I8 @2 [1 i* oM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.% V/ Y2 d2 @4 J2 _$ N6 ], j
# |. ]* e+ ^& ~* c" L. t LL: 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！3 m+ p/ k/ w. E ?; u, d' V1 \# n6 t
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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.2 p1 t0 O& t3 a; o/ k# t
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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！% T+ @9 y! J% m: s3 f2 [2 W
- E0 p* i5 p& H# ^9 sM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! / X z; L# S4 R# v( M2 J& ^' a9 ]0 j. W4 T0 y5 f$ M9 ]
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! ) B( z P. z( g: }. x/ Q2 k y; A; j# E' x! \" x
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 6 J) F" D' q, p+ R9 G2 @- b4 Z! R0 ] ! u! W3 @6 C% e+ ?8 GL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。+ _5 E I. E8 A0 U
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4 h8 }$ }- x; [1 ^L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ " a! t8 o8 ?, C: q. q2 ~6 Q& Y4 J7 k& L4 q
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./ C" O- B' |% ]2 z
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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！9 ~9 i& X3 Z- @0 A/ r% g" P; \$ c
8 S" R$ `5 K1 h4 ^7 XM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 3 Q2 L$ G7 v) \8 O' S8 H# P4 D4 t! _% j9 n) Y. ?) \
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。 ; X9 u3 T% Q3 D1 j8 D3 T) ? 1 ?3 N' ^- X' P2 I, j4 B# xM: 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. & P' ~- ]/ m% G9 Z/ Z% [ 2 u/ u) \! ]% u% f. TL: 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？ $ C9 T. `/ F3 ?: ^5 g4 I: u/ F( u* W
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 0 `* f" ? R# J" a" s$ ?( Y8 @0 w% t4 e+ B2 b$ F+ N" c5 O& i
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。: g$ n2 ^( _$ i1 {) c
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!; c0 W7 X. m; _) q) {# j( J
1 b4 C% u1 |+ H b* 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！ 7 G: ?% \/ Z9 m$ U7 o/ G" [7 K. J" Q. x1 D6 }. X- T; s% d
M: Whatever! 9 i: I; E ~9 z$ V5 {0 ^, [8 m) m @0 N8 ]1 E& V+ t
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。8 e1 |, }+ A3 o# }, ?
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