流行美语口语 Popular American English - Lesson 27 - buck & whatever

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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。

M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?

% ]$ ^: {8 q6 @" \) T. 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！
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0 P2 k) U* C1 YM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".
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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？

$ `# u: O6 e' ?) k+ S& ]4 Q  TM: 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...
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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？
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5 q8 F' }: D+ r# f2 lM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.

2 H& c8 ~" n8 p  `9 Q1 G0 d9 ]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！

M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.

9 F6 D/ i8 W  s+ W7 ML: 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！
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!

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!

/ }8 b5 h. M& Q! G/ i1 D+ OM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!
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L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后)
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！
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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.
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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！
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!
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  i6 \6 I/ T) l9 i) y* z6 O7 _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。
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3 @. {% [, e  n2 j7 y- ~. e1 Q, o4 MM: 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.

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？
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5 u5 X8 b# B0 }8 A2 [* d. |8 Y2 |' AM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.

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。
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) G% q- r! c8 P: `0 G# j! w' ?/ g5 PM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!

7 A) a# G- l' N4 E8 K6 h9 p2 d8 iL: 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！
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2 D2 u3 a, b6 ^+ f8 y5 u1 VM: Whatever!
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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。
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