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。4 U8 p. }4 \# S5 t
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?& @( a2 K7 g3 g; 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！ ! R/ p7 z* g3 z- W 8 M1 j! N* w) a* P* ~4 c$ |M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. . @) e) E& X* M U: ]2 s : h8 k- k, [+ l2 x- ZL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 1 G- ?4 [7 D& g 6 l& p5 H" A$ s) h4 fM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". / K- G4 T9 v2 Y# A& k! G9 M9 h2 G' i: L! ^" N" Y$ w
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？ 3 a5 m4 q* I% y2 z! S& M! j, h' M, I6 U! q- h4 }! C
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... 7 A1 q5 H4 h( B9 ^* E$ o+ A+ q. B# C# H) e( v
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？' b# Y' @" d0 [# W- S: }. B
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.' K2 ~' k3 J0 e
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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！: Z# R0 G6 P; d; r' U- V
4 o4 P# Q4 G) C; S6 g9 x; l& {M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 4 i) P* x! H# R6 C- g2 [ ) F7 w: K- _2 GL: 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！) a1 {* o3 V- }% S3 @5 C
# c! V0 F C2 G, eM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! / y$ ~/ u& D" a! _7 z! f: D# ^7 i- c+ {0 Y" O+ O
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!" s3 C0 V( a- t9 |) A
0 a7 s4 W% C3 DM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! * w$ z7 h$ E: k/ b+ S! |" K9 b! X5 L2 n: r- d' K5 e v
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。4 @2 n$ d! X; P
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！' I' Z( |# V A; N) b& a
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5 w9 i2 ?& e0 @9 J& V; {M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!9 |! w# \* u/ U
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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. ( C( {6 L8 q3 w+ ?. ]0 _ * s# i% ~) C# ]% O6 `9 ?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？* u1 ]" n0 ?' H' {# L
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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.: F7 Q8 | ~* p: X7 Z* V3 ]
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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。7 T8 ~7 e$ N0 ?3 n
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!8 s1 f1 ?; o6 T& F5 _, M. k8 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！0 z# {1 e9 G# t, B# ]
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M: Whatever! / i- a2 g! q9 J/ U' Z) z! M1 }% J v% ~; R# T
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。9 d0 l3 b2 V! b! |# V6 h' @% u9 R
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