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。 6 J" s$ _( K; @ % b5 V9 I: G/ h& OM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?0 V% y3 R `5 a
) G( D3 Z9 c. X! b8 i# Q7 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！9 h+ _7 ?2 x! s7 G' n. m( i
1 U4 ^, r W( a' b' k# h2 FM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ; t& b# P! e& V" Y# Y& t0 G+ z" h3 c. j1 f- ^" H
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?) S& Q' Q3 n' F6 |
+ P- ~# `6 |9 g- C' U$ r: XM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". w" P- w5 t! z4 E# c % x' w6 o; Z6 p* _4 A3 f' H0 ~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？/ Q1 ~! t% W7 u: v G, Z
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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... - j5 ^8 v- M' Z- J5 x; r4 L/ ?' Q" g" e6 J2 A" D; X0 n6 P
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？' [6 [+ `$ Z6 C! `+ K
2 p! T) J+ d' \' p0 F. A% ?7 GM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.9 e5 {' s1 `, K* @' S- s; \
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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！7 I* Q: ^% Q+ D9 {
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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.& A6 {' Z% u( Y# k$ i0 j% d/ I
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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！ ; D" ^1 {# s7 j$ j ( i; X, m" ? iM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ) N$ n! P! e J1 P( E) q U6 V/ { * Y* d- M8 N3 ~0 oL: 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! + e8 E- [7 B6 U' q( H/ K4 E( k# Q 0 u1 D \9 ^1 M6 B% ^; `M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! % s3 L( H$ p J% B _" `4 B1 M4 j8 J7 M4 k' p1 r8 Q: q
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。4 D1 F$ U3 ?: }
0 c4 H/ ]' F0 x6 R" Q1 q(Michael和李华看完电影以后) " v" l" e7 Q# K) g: a+ y Y1 n, M , F2 U {6 y; mL: Michael，这电影可真棒！1 G( N' g- M* ]4 \
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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. ( |$ c' A; O" Q. T& Z; T- c( z9 ]6 B( N' y+ b
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！ / z5 t3 W( q Y1 X, V! p5 l3 s1 ?% ?% Y: T! e
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! # p$ [6 h% j, F* m+ X. X' l3 V; o. I% f, h% ^3 A A% Y
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。 ! X6 E% V8 E. N" b ` / c/ g0 n4 x! ?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. ( M# v8 \( D4 w; h" K- I, W) Z9 Y, i5 Q
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 |' l0 ]# r* b1 X9 F& H2 U. b a7 ?
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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. 8 ~ {* k% `( r) r; w8 A, h0 W; G: Y }2 `( Q
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。; w% [* v4 ~1 Q2 h/ E- E
- w1 _" u6 Y% _( T8 r m' x2 @1 ^M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 5 Q* M. f& A' i |# K8 u 8 W" j5 e( \$ h1 AL: 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！ 5 D5 \3 K: k& q# m4 V* j; F* R) l- j* j$ v, O% L# f
M: Whatever! 6 h1 u" o/ E; ?4 L" } 1 Z: @9 I9 d& B( _: L- J" A! i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 Y7 x% e1 j# w- K
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