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5 W/ \3 Q5 u. w9 FL: 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！ F+ k; f$ l5 q3 y
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 3 w/ p( }- y# U4 z# D . W, P4 T# H. a0 yL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?; k; r, @/ z* L- y7 T
1 }/ _ W# J9 zM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ( F7 t, K2 N4 w& M& d % D' M7 ?2 c& s- R& 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？& h% `- R+ ]5 m: e. B8 k4 } F3 A
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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？8 a8 F0 e$ l/ y l; p9 E
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. " D& F% ?! k6 P1 @ {) g4 I+ r0 ~$ U7 h7 V; ~! w& `( {5 v3 G# ?; `% N
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！- [, l$ r5 x! F2 x" X$ X
& P! B3 W6 W' c( gM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.7 o+ a) J7 b: A l# O
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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！2 d! |, W2 V$ S0 ^9 i1 R& \- m
8 a8 N* L+ F7 C: n& sM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! " t3 I; r7 @& y$ c7 N. ]2 j6 L6 s) ?' P. ]
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! ; x. K3 J* t! V5 N; X/ E7 Y$ a* Q" {6 }; f F7 S
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! . q9 K% U/ j+ E5 H) _# B1 u* T3 f# i" q! r1 l1 C$ l8 \$ R
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。. j6 ]$ j3 a! R1 w3 F
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！' }" e6 Q; ^- A" O: }$ i! {
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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. 2 x7 D( w( c( [4 l9 g ; ?$ F+ K$ q: [6 l( d( s! `' hL: 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！ " c4 Q1 ^# N. z- k2 j& q8 d2 O 4 S5 O) h1 \: H! kM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!! ^6 H9 {$ H+ z# k2 m8 a
# S6 G, A- \% d4 j5 [! gL: 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。! F1 }9 k- a: W: R" ^' f
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, K* e( c3 T$ a" F1 HL: 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？# S: _; m% M( K) P# w. {# S4 N1 M
7 ?# D1 O9 T4 D2 X$ E% @5 x `M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.) ]/ L( |, `9 k
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!( A$ }3 E, c% \# j0 k' J+ W% E
/ Z6 {) z% c; v+ `3 M. x0 xL: 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！ 3 s$ n* t1 I) B. m5 ]5 u/ H7 H) o6 a4 e( {- H Q( [- M
M: Whatever! 9 I3 v ]& {8 e% n* A H # y1 q! o# U6 z4 f7 H V4 n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。' ~& V' @* m5 I! V; {
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