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。 : R$ R6 q1 \# S" j# b- I+ N j4 v0 T: v, C$ F0 p+ @2 F
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?) ~. B4 [3 [" z9 `. a8 Y" \3 k
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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！: t% m# t, r# G% t
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. # s: F7 @2 I S8 y* }1 d$ t- M, {' t9 s# C' Y3 x
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?) }( c5 o# V# [
! k% T- g4 R/ V( yM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ( x9 Q4 p I+ ]) L8 z ' k0 q: }9 y- [+ c$ ?7 ?' vL: 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？ 4 g; v+ U- [. n# k+ { ; x* b: F# R7 a1 ?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...& E- R9 z! ]' Z* g$ h& L0 N4 L8 Y
, g% b1 H. c+ S5 NM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. : Z. }; i: v6 z+ x) H4 ?" G$ v% p ; N7 b t7 y [/ ?& Y9 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！, L0 c2 |( {& w9 F, X$ \, b& t
3 Z# Y& Y# }4 k' p: }: gM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example." e6 E" m7 Z9 Q0 b% A' `2 b
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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！4 Z8 }5 \4 U* R* j7 ~
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!" h7 k" N6 L" {/ `- T4 v/ N2 B
6 Q; v, H* |* Y5 M& iL: 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! k" T4 G# T' q ]# r+ _7 U) O3 ^
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!/ I: M9 |$ c, \/ ~* T
3 J. o0 W. y+ n1 B% qL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。! t5 @% [/ z1 U! B( H1 z
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 5 O8 Z! W- e; o d& f5 i ( o+ D8 i7 e* h+ g& YM: 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.9 P- L6 t* K" |% X3 t8 X
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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！9 u" m6 y( h5 _2 T
1 y( D, p7 `4 K5 ?* o$ eM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!' t* j) v' @4 D
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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。( u* E" v4 |; a" {! U* j' q
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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.* ]; C" _; u3 g2 M8 u6 B
0 n# p* v! C( AL: 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？# N( {' y; H7 z% B: x" j: I
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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. ) K+ N6 q; ~0 p9 q$ @8 c! E& I 1 i: A0 F+ }- m* n" b0 qL: 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。* [1 L: m- f3 B" q
# T* |! u2 d E& E) m2 lM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! - m8 d7 F: T5 I* c; q; l1 e) M8 f/ u$ s% v9 a: \
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！ / m$ s* U% S1 ^, y% n# m . N# R$ i3 ]6 n7 S/ W4 D" Z( YM: Whatever! ) ]! ^3 {8 {. _- m$ m0 j 8 Q& n' R' h: 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。- u4 C# b& G; c& ]
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