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。 ! U: ^: X5 v! f ; ? o! u9 F, a8 b& {0 ]# G/ m- t% WM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 6 p" M) `$ J& k' f( Z6 i: Y8 e . p |5 e. b/ w x4 h0 d3 `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！0 a2 H4 u* y& e5 Y5 u( X
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 7 E+ n4 Z6 \; b. @! D! u, ?3 h4 ?: {4 i6 I& M: E/ M% H
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 2 f5 x. P' Q: f1 v4 t# v1 q 2 [1 e2 R3 L4 \M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 6 t: d: d4 b+ r; `; o + B4 V& r) ?: Z; A# aL: 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 T$ M5 S6 q8 m * _ G* K1 G) Q# nM: 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...( C, m# I) r/ z3 m: k( A y0 [
) [3 p: }' L: |: SL: 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？ 5 E8 z1 C9 X# R0 M) U p: H- V4 d/ ?! c6 i+ S8 U2 ?
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. $ d, Z5 V1 w$ k0 m2 g7 [; @/ D; a; Y
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！% f, n' n7 V C* k9 ~6 s
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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.2 V6 J' e6 t- \9 j/ p( }" f
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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！ . q7 p4 h/ V( \$ g6 M: d0 ~9 z' J3 b, {
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ( U5 O' p+ E4 w1 v$ c4 u 5 p; }. u& e1 y6 ]4 ^1 r+ u, UL: 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! / a0 J; f, j8 }, r. {5 J" t/ _) s " u1 x6 q3 x% T& _/ b' }M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! % p* M" W& f' d b) P7 {$ a " C" P/ ?2 {# R3 }L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 + y& K0 o/ F* f! G- g/ W + G& n2 l ^ X; o7 d(Michael和李华看完电影以后)8 O+ m% S8 ~$ x+ }
; N5 f! T1 b( P% [4 P% w$ ~* Z8 yL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 2 d7 g4 F2 ?9 w0 d3 \9 r0 @ ' l- ^! G4 ~& E/ G. J4 A2 N, lM: 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. , S# C1 a3 |; |4 c8 a6 i3 `* \4 d$ B! A0 k
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！6 L$ m d6 s8 S9 R- {1 |" e
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!4 n, }3 r' r; W/ U7 }
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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。4 R5 o5 W0 e& Z0 j; n# ]+ i
* |4 k$ @. z. H* x1 qM: 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. # H2 A% F9 B8 {7 H4 O- y$ j& S3 U# D( R7 ~) J3 U$ m
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？& }! Z' F, f5 ^7 x* A
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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. 6 _+ ~1 t3 w3 }9 Q 7 L% ~" e& `. c; _1 e/ {, E- ]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。: A7 U4 p* h+ C# Q. j
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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！$ X! s/ ~6 ]) I: _ A/ r
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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。7 [0 i9 m4 C# _# r
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