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。 0 k7 k4 _" g0 i- t; ^: M% h* d4 P' e! a
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?- H* [7 {' _% E, T1 p% s2 L1 e, _( U
3 {% E3 d8 p$ _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！# A+ V( e6 ~4 p: D: d% c* H
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 4 Z1 H& G2 s1 C4 X) y/ \$ d9 z/ S4 N# W/ \
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? / m( W5 x; G9 Y' w) `1 }9 E& v. d8 I6 S n+ {6 B2 ]
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar"." l+ H% E7 \2 p4 e" o) g
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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？1 i3 e% }& b/ L
. A6 t: {" L" L- z& F% E7 pM: 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... " u$ B) A3 c( Q4 w+ o1 o' b8 X& I6 ^% w5 h2 C9 X7 `$ [
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？$ W8 a0 G: C$ T. M* Q& q$ G) D
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 3 r$ u Y3 l: |+ q% j 7 B, n* L7 o* v8 X; rL: 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 ]5 m1 t7 y$ T9 t- b4 W2 ]# m9 j# x5 X$ l9 ~! o
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. % ^0 {" B/ K# s) d6 f) h7 } I& T) }9 d
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！+ ~9 H. Q0 A& }# k/ `
! e% j8 y8 A4 [% t3 OM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!; X0 u) X) ~2 F0 ~; G
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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! $ Y6 l) V: S5 r, h! j J% H3 g, k( H8 U/ ~4 o- h# [" n# y% u9 ~6 J0 w
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! Y$ Y0 I. s+ \4 d4 e
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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。 2 `# w" C+ s/ G3 x1 N6 y" ^! m. g- L7 N3 S% ]# b4 i
(Michael和李华看完电影以后)) ?6 u7 `& P: p) Z: A. O+ Y4 w: n; N: M
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 3 E! {5 W3 u( ]: N8 B # K0 l+ }: O6 Z% bM: 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. - |3 n! R+ M1 A, `4 W " d4 @; {1 e4 v+ \1 BL: 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！ f% _, s$ F0 E3 W$ B; m# X4 C8 t4 r8 k3 F
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!: ]0 |. D0 S9 |6 ]8 G; v4 C
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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。 - K; g* z- M7 ? q$ v/ C0 t+ o& a% a( [* l" \% ]( `. [
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. - A$ v E& G/ N& O- @, i& R+ C* f4 T- g- M% C
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？! N( g8 V# }3 b# s5 ^$ L
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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 R2 n1 b3 G7 `( I. q k5 w ( U+ ^# N6 h9 AL: 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。 |+ r6 }2 \; t: r4 l
8 t! m% L3 g" q4 j- nM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! : d/ Q# m; b7 H d+ o& P- I0 x( q; M0 q; I
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！ 0 r7 L& i' c. p5 `" }. w$ H7 ^' ?! P( u$ b& w
M: Whatever!5 p: p+ U% Q, n! N
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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。 # w! p& S& u- ^, t. tAudio as following: ! q+ P/ {% h, s- H
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