; y' s- e! \1 yM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? " Y, J K0 X6 W$ I/ L' N, V2 M/ _ 8 M) V4 f# x9 \/ g$ }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！+ u* E/ J; \- M$ Q2 G$ F4 s
1 H; i5 @/ I- M# f _* pM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.; q1 @2 l+ ?6 o- c P7 a' @$ e, U
1 V3 D( H2 o* N }/ ^; pL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? ) d) C' t. q6 o$ L$ P9 ] , Z1 ~% i4 ^8 KM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 9 q7 N; Z: O( A# M$ b 4 T& _* @; |/ Q: R0 }* ^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？ - q1 o$ G( f6 [+ _* R4 z% J2 Y% w- j* n$ |$ I L/ ?, T: G" w( Y
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...& i X1 G2 x: O( {
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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？$ |% s8 U9 i O! ^" a$ U8 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！ $ j0 G6 T2 {: T0 s ' u! S: W1 Y% qM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.' E9 ]$ m2 ~! ? X Q& o
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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！3 V' h. L1 U! u, I A7 x
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8 T( k2 S" L- G4 q! P0 ?* {" D0 oL: 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!: D- B3 I0 ~% W. i; P3 Q/ p' g
7 b# p3 s- I8 ]/ j$ q/ FM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!# ^' \0 y) p, D7 D% `
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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。% M" Q; d% J3 B
! D3 ~: i& j3 |0 J; @# R, g(Michael和李华看完电影以后) % ?. K2 U- ?4 P" T7 A' W+ t " P/ ]6 q* R O" }: i3 b. ?& mL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ + [: P. L8 M+ J 3 T( A- V0 ?0 Y: C% ^% }5 c$ R& ?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. + z: Z0 F# [: s , E$ Y5 F) `4 j* F$ _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 o' ]! k6 z2 x# i* U# y! l m1 E E/ ]4 B! H9 ^M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ! G; C3 [( T0 g8 C% i. L. l! B N9 ~# ^6 _5 G
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- F/ t% p, _5 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？& a% { J/ A4 _
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( y T+ O2 Y+ q& mL: 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。7 J! {, z6 B2 g2 w# A! d
8 k1 X9 V3 u$ P6 O0 @/ }M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 7 t6 b, ~/ k0 Y# u1 b+ K* | 0 L c7 j" m8 k2 iL: 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！: l2 |$ {2 C! B# w4 F; ]
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( N2 q- e; c* s3 p) P" {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。 7 S7 f! _* F! S5 n' i4 n/ gAudio as following:0 T, Q0 l. b% S3 h1 H. X
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