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。 4 \: d4 }- d2 X$ q) }( r; ]" _* U 3 R$ d/ F3 L' X6 s+ ]0 R* ^6 bM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? : W5 ^: E8 \+ Z }1 V( F) ~, R0 N3 q) I6 @$ _3 S: n7 c
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！7 r7 L' Y V4 W1 _. r
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 0 b# v/ z; ]- Q7 v% }9 O1 Q! A$ N5 a0 b9 X$ H/ l- w! X6 x' T4 U
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?" K. {2 y ~8 {# C4 e! o1 O5 N
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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？- |9 M/ v8 u# a y7 e4 [
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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... 9 u; F( i$ W p : [; O1 A6 L/ M3 A# ?. {8 Y9 A/ [ Z' \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？% B3 [+ j) C5 P1 N- U9 W
( q4 U6 @$ ^' j' s% V0 pM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. / |$ e, h$ }7 Z" Q$ b1 Z- J: _. I7 W9 N4 G9 Z! c+ L
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！$ |2 m9 | M/ ~! O G2 K. v
/ Q: T: B4 d# |$ ~5 X: DM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.# d1 |; B# s$ N9 v1 R
6 v) J5 h3 V. F* bM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!: m* Z$ @, S+ _, ?: p0 C5 ^0 \
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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! 5 ~: f/ f0 V1 `2 g/ l5 M% ^+ S: u' A$ u) R
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 8 Z0 l% r5 d' c, o ; W. u4 h2 \ m) \* @- ]0 f2 SL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。. }7 a" t/ S+ X! \" p% B% }4 O
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！* y2 c# X* b) G4 m8 U
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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.5 u t7 ? u2 Y- d2 j. P/ b! s9 n
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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！# c+ n% u5 b4 |9 @
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! : M" ]4 n; e, s9 f # n1 N: I1 c# F. ?, ?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。 - S7 b) l; ?; j, a+ H! z) j- c " J( l* S7 j1 JM: 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. 9 w) \3 \: U, F+ j3 h+ u4 @3 d$ i% s4 i3 G- F
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？ & t+ \: t4 k! C+ p, ?/ N2 @ ], z8 Y& \+ d7 O
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 0 ]* O; L2 W% T3 ?8 O; ~. N& g0 c6 O+ K* |, J
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。/ f M8 F, Q V0 t; @ r9 h. D
. K/ O7 e- b* tM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!* @, j5 X' k% G9 c. u4 v
* L) b6 U2 _' R% n% g3 G2 |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！8 b) i2 o, v5 V( c
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) s; y& `0 ~1 s* j5 {/ A( o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。 4 ?7 x4 ]) t; I8 [8 wAudio as following: 3 p. @/ Z6 E9 T! z# e
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