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 L7 R Z" b) L0 ]" H$ q
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ! r v; O8 z0 e& H: V( R, A9 ]4 P* J+ t
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！$ A4 e# b+ @9 a; q
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ) c2 d0 h, l8 w' q0 a) n9 q+ A4 [, W9 b4 g$ r" X; B% G
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?( M4 _ C1 i5 E7 i. Q7 G1 r& B1 K
6 G& Z& z& L9 h" D% vM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". # j( d1 g5 L' m9 m5 U f4 l5 `0 ?
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？ 1 U: M: g* a: \# m( |+ l- @ " E0 F' g- j+ VM: 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...% e1 F: q5 p9 D( Y
2 ?$ s$ D5 p- n! M1 y5 XL: 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？+ M& u# p' p. G; J
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 4 Z" A3 `- x: T7 \* E t3 u/ a# u. \5 n. b+ t
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！1 F0 \ }! V0 u' j6 t
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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./ D2 n; p, I5 v1 r; V
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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！ : I& w" I S; [8 p, J# L1 L . q z! d- S1 i3 Y: gM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! - h8 _# g2 d& [: j4 r3 r / X) ~2 o: p# |; mL: 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! - Q( B7 B3 T _8 O5 v3 _# ~ / z8 a; D1 w& h' O: v/ mM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 7 M( B6 B( u0 d4 N( v8 z2 Q; m1 V6 I0 e7 j! }
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。& {+ I' B# Y6 d1 h4 S
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！: f$ W7 b1 X, D' I: o- n+ ]/ R
- C3 G; i. I1 i q ?# Q2 g) t4 @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." T. {$ L/ X( ~* f6 @; C2 T
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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！$ h8 n9 `' n, f+ [7 p: m
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!) X- h: j" H2 S1 c
/ q# V9 }9 `+ w, t4 \) C( ]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。: w( r2 ~4 k& k+ E9 z) P2 K
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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. ; q1 f* J# ], E4 d8 b4 n% w' c# K* g! B6 a
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？3 T! h2 K6 d& E( k- U; }% L4 ]. O
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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.: g+ v; a+ G. r
5 a* t' J: ?4 I T2 w+ s) ?, uL: 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。 3 q+ R. r, Q" o3 N/ B; @6 }( Q. e. m
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! $ p5 v2 C r3 x6 H, X: C! @+ w4 u' k# n- h
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！0 _+ J7 s6 E+ i. ^. o
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M: Whatever! # o K& e: d9 _& U! L) k 7 T* x7 {4 k" t" F0 @" E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。, l4 W6 ]8 |4 l! U4 Z$ Y4 \0 q
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