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。8 {) @7 a7 t+ ^- h4 D: O5 @6 [: C
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?! ?0 [% _+ K5 [! g* {+ k1 q
w& N; G) A, O' r4 JL: 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！ 6 K2 ^/ C$ ~: c) V* d7 b/ G$ J# B" ?+ T! X+ u5 c; Q' q6 o
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.! v# I% Q& Q8 d8 {% r
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? + p8 Z& W( i2 ]. a/ @% {1 Z# ^( v3 o% |; A& N& X$ |; J
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". , k$ ?/ d) u2 q* Z& j" P0 M5 K% V/ q( e+ d. l, @. M, x
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？ * O8 ]) X/ [/ w5 {! F- [# e4 y" H. \! j( k( h
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..." J/ Z9 t! `; Z2 D' U* B7 |
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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？5 s. e+ b9 h1 g8 |/ `4 F% l% {
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.6 r3 O2 X8 ?% A' h! H {2 D
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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！ 9 ]2 q: s7 P4 ?2 O, ?5 w5 @4 m+ r, F$ c- Y4 D ~. \
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example./ m" Z& F) k* a' E" u3 r: ^
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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！9 b. i5 U- _1 ~# p9 G' @
# j$ U3 t/ h- } Y7 RM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 3 Q- ]. e9 ?# r* m" j) | # |! h& ~( ~& V$ w' \' R( @7 }1 EL: 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! 1 h0 j9 B0 |# U6 ]+ d2 ]7 \& Z0 \: A# F& ~% J
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ) C5 b$ m+ q: x5 e1 f6 ?4 A5 z& Y" S9 p7 `& {
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。6 `" A. [+ T7 \/ U' W5 U; _0 j
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 8 ]4 i. l. P& [" e7 [) w/ `6 D4 C2 I # O8 W3 [3 L% }- p7 j. N, XL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ $ h, G. ]$ W8 q. M! B( N" F1 @" n/ ^. m1 J& Q
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. , s. j$ [$ {; a6 {6 N( W) g" X% |) A
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！ 6 f4 H. k1 u/ [; s; p7 [; X + R! z7 V& l f* H& V" c+ zM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! * h1 ?, I3 I5 _& L; ^+ f7 o6 q5 ], X+ H
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。 ( _( W0 s2 Y" Z8 M , @: L5 i( S1 T& x6 h# PM: 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.! ?8 c3 n6 C. i. ]* }8 q
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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？2 F" v7 p w% o1 q \7 E) R
; X; e4 O$ N% U' uM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 7 P" D2 q4 I7 Q" h q + z3 F) ~" Q& ~, M7 KL: 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。 # W: Z- O, y1 o8 Z0 D- \1 r7 H8 `3 e! e
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! - r, w( k2 s, h! N' t: D5 S8 n' ]( B; g3 t; X
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！ " U# C" s5 ~. _2 L$ |4 _ 7 C4 q+ G- h9 T4 UM: Whatever!% X2 q" u/ k0 X/ X
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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。 : X; Q/ i9 |6 b: g2 l7 bAudio as following: 0 o/ j# C8 E' C6 b2 n; d6 E
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