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。: R; C: H, |! ~+ T* d5 S
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? + w6 X9 n! q( S! m 4 d( |0 Q5 e' V" _. lL: 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！ $ C. ~& M" r5 Y! G. ?" t! p7 z, P% m
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.8 c6 Y2 r: o# r4 [% ^' p" c( q
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 2 x3 o) l) R' c3 y0 I" | / U+ x" l- i1 q, IM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 5 i7 `: B8 H0 ^2 j7 B* { ' a# v6 v2 Y1 T0 F" HL: 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？" V3 g7 d# s3 H. ^
6 ?* R" q0 X) ]7 c/ w+ {, G0 {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... 9 g( G: Z+ v8 A3 F : L: T- ~, v- b# xL: 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？' ^3 V" \8 L& D% \8 X
9 j, B* k+ h( R1 bM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ; I- b- O% ]7 i7 {) G/ ~; v/ f4 |: |6 D5 `
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！ 2 h, p! i4 W: \' p" M ( w7 o: I+ C$ w$ C5 k% Q0 a, vM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 0 [: G; V: T2 n' @! `( O+ y @5 R0 ?, h9 k0 q- u1 e# U
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！ ; q( p7 c* d7 e1 A; p G2 g1 Y5 r" e* |6 j# `
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!$ K- ^, n$ W6 b" u% [3 i
' o- t3 u' s" k* S1 a: iL: 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 d, @" N. q1 y( I! X 0 V5 ]2 T& D' W7 z8 IM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!7 L w+ ^/ G7 F; x
8 z* H/ a( s. P4 o( c- B. t7 k* kL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。3 _- M B+ H x+ e" \
: I$ j: E* H, F1 sL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ' T1 ?, C! @$ M& [# _9 V' z# B! x. ]6 C: {
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.: Z9 o5 `, t! |7 f$ T# `
6 p" b( L ~ `1 a6 n+ ML: 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！% j$ H: l) }3 I9 L0 C. Z( O; \+ D& O
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! % g0 }! B9 I, u3 V6 @! S3 y* V 4 m8 A! W6 b# w$ b, EL: 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 }5 N# Q( c, b: s3 Q9 v
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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./ X1 n' M+ b9 }$ ?1 [; }: U
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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？. o! V( ~; g# G e9 e
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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.1 B" h, C! q/ Y; H2 W/ \( w
! E0 K2 d- o/ q5 V! xL: 得了吧！对，Piers Brosnan年级不小了，也比以前胖了。可是我 认为他还是很帅。你自己不也比以前胖了嘛。 ( S( M4 C8 _9 @4 \) L: D# Y* G6 v |. Q% K9 l2 [
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!+ R$ F: q0 j# K' C* Q7 T
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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！4 T( M p$ H" ^7 J7 F
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M: Whatever! 0 g$ G4 |) J8 @ $ f8 p6 |0 G! 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。 % h3 |- i- ]' h9 |" n$ uAudio as following: " J" C* c- y& g' w; c
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