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。 ' h. Y8 |7 x+ I( @* s( k7 Z5 k4 k! `+ G2 h' P; ]' v. c4 d$ o; j
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?- o" e& q: c6 X0 r" O% Y
4 \ Y% z' Z) p+ g9 H9 eL: 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！ ! H7 \2 o M( T- t: \9 T* A( R% x5 C; P7 Q
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.8 u, j" q3 U: ]% q) V/ t* ]; i
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?' d6 ?8 @5 t+ S/ P# [% j
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0 @5 e' Z' i4 p5 r: }! M4 JL: 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？# A3 v5 q1 U! G) K* ^
9 g# C$ [$ G/ zM: 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...5 B6 a# L0 `7 W I) B
9 u# {8 `7 q& y$ J/ ~, zL: 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？ 5 l9 `% o9 c$ E! U/ S0 w# H2 w1 a( l, y# @2 y" F( g& P% p
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 9 B+ J- @5 Y- ?! w. [ 0 n' a4 R# u d. L' [( vL: 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！& Z; g* R' O1 N e" ]
; O4 `+ ]$ X. t, Q3 pM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example./ _- A, v+ g9 M. e: ~& o7 e
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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！ * [& W* s2 h5 @; F" B" T( E& P T
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!6 M( r) f/ B6 u/ b. R
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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!8 k3 c8 s% a* W) U5 t: R
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!2 h; C$ ?* H3 v' y+ l+ g
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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。$ |* M8 s, ]5 C2 [% x
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！. N5 w, }; Q6 B$ w
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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. ; J6 C/ W# {- [9 F2 C! N N5 m: f( p, a, w: 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！3 N: H: H* B' K4 n: T6 v
' C5 z) i2 e! k# ]M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! + C6 A% q8 N7 u a x8 T6 ` $ {- J+ z, T( W+ `1 E9 q8 cL: 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。 / C+ u; g8 h4 L4 i( Y7 a# ~3 r7 |2 ]( D6 _5 Z0 v: _
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. / Y# K3 a- f9 B 1 x0 d$ B w6 w7 a" q# `5 l% |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？ ( z" M% r- J0 H$ _) H( ?( z 6 B- ~7 K7 V3 oM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. # Q4 S0 h4 o8 T. }1 q8 ?: f, H$ p9 C
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。# A9 N* @/ E( e
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!2 w9 N! X) b* _! y% E9 N) y
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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 x; E7 P' }- }# L
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$ w. d4 z& n% _8 g# E* d$ k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。 0 R [1 u- [% r5 E! y8 c3 z7 }Audio as following:6 d' I+ p/ a) {
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