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。 % L% F1 x2 ]% E; l+ ~' {9 |# A5 Q' _+ L3 }+ V6 ~4 U/ L
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?' I! A X" c" A. ?; a( s! G1 @
: x. L3 f( i( v+ S& M; e0 bL: 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！% E/ K5 }# @; d' w; _3 p, k" a2 X
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.8 _: w- p8 ?; ^0 T5 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"?) a; t: M& i3 v' t
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". & Y! m% ^9 _ g( m2 q5 C- L, m3 |) J2 ^$ b" v
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？' E9 N5 g9 X% r5 k5 `
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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... 1 D9 @) K5 k7 _7 [ # {, Z) S, \, |% UL: 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 N4 R" M" _$ \: I Y" V8 {2 T
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.3 T! P' U# p5 \
, h# r ^) _: H, d) w% gL: 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！ 5 N: T9 t) C( J# Y. h+ `. d - b' l% R0 w+ `7 x$ ]M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 1 Q* f* Q Y' U' B# f7 L+ i 8 k( K6 h: u2 l, ?, Y; }2 v3 cL: 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！ 9 p5 r& i% U0 C+ D: h$ R/ G, z9 {' c/ m& ]1 |9 v
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 5 r. P- Y( y- ~+ \" P: M) r3 q/ q# V
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!3 q3 j/ h7 [) D
$ t: e" v8 @1 x, k% Q- K9 NM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ^% _& ^6 w1 p: a# m 3 }; D/ C2 M$ {2 @$ cL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 n7 M# p% z2 W) H $ ?! G$ D" G/ E- o4 s- G(Michael和李华看完电影以后). Q' f7 `% N5 b& K# i% Q% J
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！. A: A: _1 p$ E* Y2 p6 _& o
# `# N! z5 G0 ~' rM: 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. 4 }" G, [6 k3 V: ]- g / [+ D. x2 D! K6 p1 s1 }. o* lL: 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/ ~8 f* z; W @; Q" g% @
* c) V) P4 T# {% m) cM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! / s8 h: @! V6 _2 U 5 a3 k1 |8 Z* }+ M2 t2 J1 R! xL: 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。 - T2 i) Q- _; U( }1 Q+ Y5 B- O8 U' M! F8 b% |% O
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. 3 ]7 K. f: B% ] C' J ! s' N7 P. I7 h, X* y# }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？ 6 V/ r' b+ g/ {! J0 O( o0 Z5 \ & O. Q* b. ?+ |6 |8 C+ J2 f W, OM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ( ^1 `; g1 t8 `9 K 8 m4 i l2 V" E! `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。 ~# h7 u3 l) V( j z! ?6 q: \& g! `6 H; [4 w- v3 A( kM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 4 N$ m7 x8 F, `4 U0 D- y4 R+ U7 `+ y ' ]8 `- [- ]# G% Y1 N2 ?, {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- L( N" F2 G: I6 \' {# V% u: g# e4 U% d
M: Whatever! # w! s9 {2 v( w1 @$ D* u. h6 p' U$ T3 u1 N e2 Y
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。# M j5 V" N' m+ D3 ^: H
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