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。 0 a1 [+ k) f* P5 [( w" Y" G( T% T$ d# T" C5 R
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?/ v9 M; ^( U* E0 ^" }& f2 A
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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！3 }- C4 y3 z: ]- t: m" e5 u6 ~
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. : K: u1 k# p1 V% u1 v. U" M5 t! u
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?5 Y; I9 A! m0 Q) F" L
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". * n2 `$ ?7 r; V' O: q* _ 6 L7 f2 s0 A# w2 gL: 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？" W% V* P% n' T$ N
. q5 h" R& Y' o4 N' K2 U5 a/ lM: 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... . _' f( p9 t& [6 p. A0 K4 l2 a% V 6 L0 _2 Y1 m: l$ d. m" {' p2 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？& l7 Y) r, {( ^, |
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 9 w& D' j4 W- ?- p7 s " r+ l( y& l1 U& n- QL: 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！ 3 d( F- c; B& D& ~! `+ G! E, w , }6 K) W0 [4 l0 \. s& Q/ KM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.* K; b# A' c* ?" j" s8 i1 u
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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！1 K0 B7 T, l6 A- R! o
! L" g0 U8 X% s8 r3 _M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 7 ]8 N! F9 T. c9 @" S & O J( } }5 e5 QL: 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! * }2 Z) |1 d. k. W6 Z0 i }5 @# r9 t( ]/ I
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!" ?$ s) |& ~$ ]# A
: k8 M) j0 K, {. k" C$ G0 ML: Michael，这电影可真棒！; w0 V2 v& |/ U0 e+ c
+ J. z% s8 j! r. [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 e) e9 d" m9 K2 h- n* _- U
% X' T) v+ ]( ?2 gL: 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！' n, D- q/ h5 k3 B K
8 R8 q1 r9 m! O" ]M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! E' T( T. B) \ T+ K4 c! ^8 P + C5 N! A. P# k2 e4 u k' {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。% `9 o/ I. N: Z( ]$ Y9 Y
/ W1 E5 N$ h, kM: 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.% ]; H- }+ @9 s4 j% @. K8 t
8 X5 J6 Y3 d3 ?/ C% M+ L" R2 yL: 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？7 o f( k/ D p, ?+ b6 Y
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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.& d$ C6 ^, K j) L8 H
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 5 s- e d" Z T% F! s! a' U/ ?7 N1 x2 t% K- q! Z4 e8 n6 u
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！ ( s5 P% d& Z0 L% n+ x* b4 Y: [; X8 i9 R n4 f! |- f
M: Whatever!% d( m- i! ~# O! F, Q
) T ^: K0 i* S! U" i l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。 ) n4 `/ h# D' o! s; JAudio as following: $ o! f# C! n/ B& K
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