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。 ! @# z j6 G% S* [) p : d# h) x) S5 _! v: k. YM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?6 |& l. ~( h# J
/ a' v5 t) p5 u" r# i7 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！ ! Z8 v! R5 j- c 3 o" M- L" j: ^& U4 \: c: hM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 4 t- x* r" x0 V- F* u& ^5 q- _7 [0 T M3 R5 o7 U1 \& N
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?7 V9 c& x% |+ k n
+ Q f6 [, [ q& DM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". - ?" i& D' t1 u8 F' y6 X* [ _, F+ u, D& L
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？ g7 y5 _% k# L8 j. J$ b/ x
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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...( c6 ~+ I5 E$ e$ P! c1 h( U5 t
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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？ 0 G/ x2 ]9 \* ~0 T ) o9 N L5 L. MM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples., R i. R8 h0 z
7 p& p6 E) k3 b0 g6 ]8 }M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. % C/ W& H3 n7 L1 h& M3 m' P. p V& q) g6 l, i' ~
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！ * b/ q1 t6 J+ ]" D- Q/ ^7 [ & G, {+ q1 Z0 ]( O4 e4 z3 ?: mM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!8 L; d. Y7 X- D8 ~- q. }3 e- |
; T" |5 [ T- f- i+ _2 l! [: S0 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!' H) t1 J" d- D
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ( ?. j, U! d' Y, h' H' m; f) S; ]1 W9 p. c$ O" K
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。6 s2 {. p1 e8 [4 x1 G& |
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！2 U& C# Y/ |& e, i O& O+ L9 T
" s6 m( p- B0 Z7 h! kM: 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." [5 p) G6 @# I
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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！# a: S- Y+ t$ M
& [8 Z) c0 i2 x) o9 kM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 1 B+ |2 l4 _ o, B5 n, K/ d' j6 } ) m4 X0 V a$ P: Y+ eL: 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。6 j7 [0 j7 l* a! i& A) Z
( k- l. [0 q0 CM: 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.4 O( J- w& ?* {( h& R
6 @# B0 |; g W9 x9 }. D# V" mM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. f- f2 l2 j: F z# I' ^+ {7 m# \6 p7 K, v% p
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。5 Y- R% l8 H* Y4 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！( U9 j |- E4 k
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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。1 V. f$ o& k! d8 N8 [+ u! ]) q1 u
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