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。 ; q. j( w' {, \9 x0 I6 t& N6 V2 b$ t2 i4 s
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? / C4 ?( w, z/ B; d7 J) q0 r# ~: a* w' A
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！$ j2 [1 U5 g- _& E0 ^& s' w
8 j2 Z7 |: G2 Q; G5 i5 jM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. # s& d) s: j( S( Y & |" M. m5 l8 b/ Y9 c0 bL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? + N5 Y9 `2 H S1 H 3 L8 A2 T4 x, f d8 j- ?M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".4 R5 c3 \ a# s# O( {
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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？* {; p7 j0 r6 M1 C7 S' C
/ v9 ]/ { S6 j) y, xM: 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...4 @4 R V; R4 w P* [1 D, u+ i
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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？ 3 M1 n4 K' j. [. h + q* W6 H1 _, [: \% l/ z- j2 LM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.! r: g! ~9 }6 z8 Q$ v
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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！% b5 S& \( b1 g. N8 F: D
# | w9 B8 z9 U, \M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ; q) _/ g: j) R6 U- C4 [% H+ c$ j3 k, F% V. a: l
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！* G; o5 { Y1 W0 q
- i6 o4 W7 P: T9 J0 @: @ d" iM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!5 T9 k+ u+ t t2 I
3 \; z' o M. B, i9 ML: 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! / K% q% B$ ?/ U7 i/ {. v7 o. I5 Y( u
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!' d- L* _2 U% V1 |" {
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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。 : }4 c7 g4 J3 w% e6 w7 H: {- p 4 s2 |' T8 A& ?7 M, l I1 @(Michael和李华看完电影以后)6 }6 S$ P; x2 X* q0 {
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！- j1 `# E" z2 @# [/ H4 o
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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. * R: R7 r& T% J8 ~% e. e$ |2 ~1 D6 l& l
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！: `" s8 K2 Q& [" u. U3 L# E
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! x1 c/ ]7 R! N* k3 b$ c# K+ {& _
. |- r4 x" i6 t+ [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。8 k: `- Z- p' C6 \ \
9 U9 c; U( i. p; w1 J3 @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. H I0 R. Y/ V: p6 I+ Q# r0 k: z( o, x8 u
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？1 }9 W8 z7 a% Y0 \4 u
" _9 I( T! T, E9 C1 ~M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 9 ?! ~. I3 G% E9 B 8 p9 M% d" p. A, ], 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。* @& m0 G' @" F4 }' N3 p# g1 U7 k9 _* F
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ( }! g6 G2 U( a% A4 E4 j1 i; R5 x/ D
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！$ Q2 d9 |; m# }* y
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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。. V) i( _4 ~" o4 q9 T/ G7 [
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