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 m+ Q$ l p0 z) I9 D9 | ) n1 N) M3 m7 RM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? |$ a/ J8 r2 Y; k* _' q3 G3 s$ V2 z0 \; ^" B) M
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！# o8 k' _8 S' I3 O" o0 R8 _
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.( s0 [( Y* }6 B7 G9 \- C1 a( b5 F
* |2 b0 }$ ]+ ?( bL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? d, m9 C9 V! ~ {' W 7 d; H: P7 Z' X: e8 ]M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". / ^4 g% r; R" } Q' N! n + y' Q9 h! a4 j% S4 OL: 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？ $ p0 f. y2 c- T1 F( [. r" b5 {3 r! {1 p5 B# M ~$ r
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...' d3 }* M0 U6 E0 c5 `! ]( `
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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？* F& }7 {2 F8 X' U
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.0 P+ o7 ] ^7 N9 G$ z8 @8 I
' t1 O# L8 t% V: X5 RL: 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！& w8 {8 o+ c0 O- s4 q0 v
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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. % W8 I! f& V* h/ F 8 u V4 u8 d3 W% LL: 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！ * c% z; l" @2 }7 n9 J) w: R ; E$ z5 Q4 e; r, o- b3 mM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! + U3 ^, I# d& X/ M* j. ~3 f7 }" ^) `( @$ J+ U3 M. p- k
L: 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!9 p6 f6 a; j; ^7 B; B$ H
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! , L( u$ A$ |# y v8 ~! z# d6 I6 q$ W1 b+ h, k; p
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。- i3 @: B1 a3 R3 z0 T4 ]) v x
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3 t1 v2 J( {! e V- pL: Michael，这电影可真棒！' d' k" U0 e, x1 Y! b/ o5 }
7 f W" c" y) Y4 a" AM: 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.( P* j" k* a1 F3 } l
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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！- W! F* l& T% T/ p2 P7 Q6 R
0 v# w P+ {' }1 Z& OM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ; [- [6 J% g) I5 k& N2 G ( Q2 x2 D) |: R1 @6 aL: 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。* {9 T. W* c; T( e+ S" v/ z
/ o7 r9 V/ u0 A/ O; Z# q9 }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." T" N8 y3 O. _' x
: D, H% M8 m2 w+ o3 y" iL: 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？! f1 r5 E2 h. E& d6 t, B/ j
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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.# h" v& f& C/ x7 t5 Y( @* o
8 R. P" @" D* @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。8 G. {0 t) E- L3 j3 g
7 K5 q( c6 j7 F4 m8 j" q+ e8 KM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! " W" B8 P! v" V; |! k- {* Y3 ~# b, P+ V( N4 _" Z3 f7 x! n" X
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！# D: h4 Y/ F3 I& u3 s" g
7 s3 \0 P+ p5 M' e/ T+ h: \M: Whatever! ' p" X' R7 ?' b9 `& o+ d+ r9 D, t% o! r T4 l( Y' `' k9 r9 z/ 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。 9 D9 x$ Y. ~6 m9 U5 SAudio as following:$ r! q% o% \; @1 h
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