; Y5 D( j ~) pM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ! \; U5 Y9 `7 Z' p- r( v. B. | Y . Q' U6 z1 @( X7 \1 {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！ 2 e- N2 A9 u( h1 W6 d1 M* ^) V3 ~; t2 Z2 }
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.$ M6 {0 G9 h/ E5 Z/ H- B5 l- Q) ?
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?/ \/ y- e/ _3 i/ I& W$ w% c% S
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". - l0 O% o5 [, y7 \; B4 l! l D4 s) C3 _7 `$ F
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？ 2 _/ D1 ^! q/ F2 T2 H& Q0 |8 l# h, @8 E. K c ?& b* ?- R
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...$ Y5 C1 c0 n1 d" y, [, ^ X
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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？/ N" ?$ N m7 r! c- V2 {9 g: ]
3 [9 r2 u, D3 g5 N$ yM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.; u L6 ]( G% G2 W
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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！2 L, ]. E7 c8 p2 P5 h
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M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. & A0 `+ i2 k3 }; @- q$ f5 u ) N! J( k) V* gL: 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！2 r& w* }# C3 \- G0 u# Y. t# @7 c9 l
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 0 Q* {' h% P- u' g9 Z- E ( s2 `' }' x, AL: 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!% F( o1 F( E) t; i& {
& k) t2 Y- Q V# B' N3 wM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!4 N7 g% @1 v! M) \
+ I& S0 n3 f# g/ a' i% c' \1 d(Michael和李华看完电影以后) ' |6 V; O: j# I2 a5 O6 Z 3 ~' ~5 A4 r9 L1 K5 iL: Michael，这电影可真棒！7 }' ?5 c3 [% z) G) B5 P* c
+ p) K {) \3 P; `) U+ J& i* |) hM: 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. 8 m" \5 N0 a7 A$ b9 x) i: M }3 Q) b9 k3 k+ R6 z4 wL: 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！* Y+ A+ C* C/ `( ~) I) ^! \
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7 d* K0 t1 b9 }: Q* sL: 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？* t8 L, \: p' {$ a1 Y6 I; A
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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. : X! m- j3 j) `1 h( ?( H5 q" c5 V5 u9 i( U
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。 , \. s0 T' {) ]4 l2 H1 v. P; C1 R9 N0 o7 l- f( o4 x
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!/ ~ L+ x2 t" W" }) V
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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！ 1 N3 e5 d- x3 k9 `4 K P) ]0 v! I2 J' U+ q3 e" O) @0 X
M: Whatever! + T* W& e) Z; ^* R $ } N, G5 ]# B v) f& t; A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。 ( P) a+ Z) ]. M' g/ j8 k" u, Q8 \& PAudio as following:) ?7 `# F% e' N9 A) n( A
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