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。 - k% Y+ \) d+ @3 Z P* A) |& I, i, f, o
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? # \6 H) y) @! W; [3 y1 F/ F. E; I1 P) X0 N0 @
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！! m$ N9 z. E) o5 m* c& g
/ E# u& M; x$ j& j0 ~9 w
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.2 F; H+ g8 y* @" f
% V# i5 P. S, _) M! ~! _L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?3 \9 G U+ t/ \1 I* j4 r/ ?0 K
% \7 q( X$ W% {: }$ CM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".# g7 J" l/ `8 w
* T6 P$ G8 o9 z! WL: 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？. f" W# Z- g/ s
, Q, P) J. H0 Y+ O6 b% q. }* \9 \. H
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...8 ~: V- N1 b. Q! N2 i
4 d {. W6 x- V6 {- P
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？. R# V7 ]$ E7 Z7 _, s3 x
; @% E. s/ @! c1 @' C
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 7 m! R5 Q7 `: e9 l! @- n3 u( t$ E6 m0 A
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！& g; Q2 p; s9 [9 e
' X% p |+ F# P* _( Z. k, KM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.2 _3 S) H2 ]6 @ |
# ]) h: ]6 h2 X
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！ , m- [' u1 x0 o: m9 ~' o7 t! i) R* o x, m: z
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 4 d/ H4 \9 o5 N1 c4 Y, ^ ' d% n' V2 `( N1 i; OL: 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 [( k4 ?+ A3 n1 O
- l$ h! [3 t1 m8 F7 ]$ BM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!4 I9 h0 h# t* k# V$ w) Z: G7 L5 f
+ A* F _6 j' {3 WL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 . d) K+ p: q. q/ N& L ( ~% `% R. H# Q( |) z: n, `(Michael和李华看完电影以后)' r) W: H5 q* h6 B# N
' H* T; b# o3 C/ }+ u0 L' P
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！( b0 t0 {) {* [" @$ I
7 o% ~$ P" {; z# m: C3 t' W
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. : s2 ~5 R. C2 Q6 i$ B. ~+ M8 B6 z3 ~% x& \: a( ]
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+ z0 T4 t8 {+ [, c$ L ) j% ^# v9 x/ p+ h' N0 ]$ zM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!3 g3 L3 u" j$ ^ Z% T1 V2 b F
$ P0 h% ]! y7 |
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。1 n: v( R# s" b: |( {; a
5 ?4 { F5 s/ o: m( V$ Y9 _" G# W5 w
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. ; r' h3 @4 K) `, f$ R% E, T ?5 B) I+ {$ [" 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？ " p6 M6 i8 K$ e1 g/ Y8 l% y) u3 P7 O: f: p! q- C
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 0 Z: }- T, o6 z# z% ` i3 @1 O" ]. ^& r! y& V* s
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。 * c0 `/ R" P" w% H; B 2 R% |! P' | N6 t* a9 rM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 1 j1 [9 V0 S o! D) t' k4 M; b. [& B
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！; G* ]& o7 \, I8 O- V: D) K
' L4 W9 A' i) D3 G) c
M: Whatever!9 v& S5 Z* @* X! e4 z8 ^ R
( C# X0 Y8 R+ q+ M: i, B/ c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。 * R' j6 Y# @4 T+ xAudio as following: 2 n1 G1 U+ m: u% j8 g& B8 f
狗仔卡
鲜花(
鸡蛋(
发表于 2010-3-13 16:36
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡