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。5 k( a- K: G5 x
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?7 J. Y+ S( {# _
! e6 F" T6 Z6 ]* Q/ e6 cL: 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！! z% a/ b& X# ?: _/ C" X/ b
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.) Z _( g4 r5 i. `
* W3 P/ b8 p, r$ B1 [+ f `L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?( n# \4 S/ f1 f
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ; v& B4 o& d8 H# s + @, a: H; v" v5 c1 r5 SL: 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？ 3 n$ T7 T& N' P4 H8 Z( ^0 e r" Y, S. j# D) s! m. z: S$ zM: 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... 5 }7 [" w4 d, `6 _( g" o; \% N" N$ E) R ?, k; j- t3 k4 \2 b% G
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？ - F* C" _- R6 l 2 l) R1 m" Q8 i# l7 L. qM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. # B4 _ S/ h+ Z0 j7 g% Q/ T9 P1 i: W( S9 i0 ~
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！ 0 `- P9 y6 v; J2 t: k 8 V; k, K7 i7 L8 Y* U" V) ]! NM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example., l1 y3 a; i9 j7 l1 ?# Z* }
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! V5 z' s( y: y$ hM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!5 b0 q# R! F L# C& V: W" H
2 K! q+ d3 Z0 R4 N( m" 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!" `! D0 X- ^. R' u3 H4 h( h J
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8 \" H# f ^% y D2 a2 bL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 5 ^4 `( i; a% g5 |0 J( t( i( _: k# t$ h* E
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o: Q6 P6 t( u1 b1 X' AL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 3 H! m# @ H2 A9 b; t. c2 j+ q0 l: T* T9 |2 I" Z8 Y4 z9 f/ F. ^6 X
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. 4 V: v. Q7 {+ P( T4 }7 T: G1 Q+ t; S: G! d2 m! Z; u
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！- F5 B( C. p6 V# A
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!0 S1 R, q* P8 | ?
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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。/ C* C9 L) Z. j; m4 b+ y7 u
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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.+ ^$ ]0 f* z U* R( b
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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？6 K" ]( }2 X8 t. S! y
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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. * a. e0 K" v3 [0 @- i, A, R ) G5 Z4 a, u- r; w; l3 eL: 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。 ; w6 P) ?7 _2 l+ r# Z8 T, A 4 z7 ]( r( u& k; t) f# G! rM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! / {: O+ k6 i L9 \* N+ P+ c, k$ N3 X' ~6 }% y
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！ " b. P! q; p7 s4 A p2 e2 C$ G: H+ w/ F3 k* x
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* [- E" h# e1 R. b0 G/ }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。 3 y; q, g! p5 S$ F9 rAudio as following: * @" g' b: Q8 x2 \5 S
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