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。$ O# }1 U$ n# I, W+ c0 F# {1 H
8 |. O$ C! ]2 `M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?" d, e2 E& U$ f, C0 D7 o
! N7 e6 y7 |% n, t8 ^& H4 uL: 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$ r, E6 @0 m* i, j 3 y& `* o9 c5 v0 Z: |- oM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 0 H9 p! a9 S: A( i' ~" Y- q z 9 a, Q9 L/ n [6 S* G: nL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?# O, _. {) |5 z2 r. b
6 ~. I9 C; Q4 q5 t& R) W9 iM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". * I2 W* u4 f* W% |2 Z) c : ` J" A- a4 Z* b9 L9 U; i/ DL: 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？ + [1 v( H2 K( X3 ? $ w9 k9 {% G( I( G. T4 bM: 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...8 K4 ?! f3 N% h7 B& C1 {
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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？ 4 C4 v% Z& v7 |6 T . w5 M: L* i3 m$ z+ C8 RM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. . \- ?7 W4 x8 C& n) t8 s9 L$ `% t3 P2 v( z3 S; n5 |6 j/ K6 N7 B6 I
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！ b/ U, v) {; @/ v+ x2 X
. L" I$ M7 ^8 X$ G, ?+ xM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. * b2 p( y7 `( ]& s7 i2 b9 B) ?* J+ X4 O1 _! \
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 r+ A- ~9 A" A) B! G% @ w& i 5 |2 b! V& h9 @M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!, N3 o e) R$ C/ b5 S
$ n& N0 {/ o& Z* H' v s9 s, f( 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! 9 Q1 B/ D9 h' z1 M, G1 q 8 n* U8 S5 Y2 CM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 1 f/ G. I$ W+ k8 p8 L I 4 x/ j6 j1 d& a, k, ML: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。1 A5 x' @8 R1 w. X
7 U Q! T: U! t/ [(Michael和李华看完电影以后); p. S5 m' @' d% u4 z$ P/ R
0 b o8 q1 S" l( QL: Michael，这电影可真棒！( e: C% q! c9 H* m
. B# p Q% `+ P8 j4 ?5 d aM: 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. ' P- `6 E* A! Z' U2 V1 M 6 e( Y1 p# ~% Z9 `8 i9 ~/ |L: 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！ 7 ?5 }8 E+ K2 L/ r0 N; M# {7 A" S, }( |2 ]$ X6 |4 i% G
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!* [. s* Q" M9 D6 x- N
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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。) _$ L# S2 G' S2 z1 Y
1 @' X: n0 \' {, 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.' C* \7 D$ Y/ o) ` B+ ?
% G4 x2 ~! N2 [+ }+ gL: 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？5 A+ k% [7 h# B5 a+ @4 L& `0 f9 G
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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. 0 i7 X+ b% j. w) S( W$ y) G6 c/ }6 l/ b
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。 - O; ^5 w! F7 S- b8 Q- v) B3 P: H$ D# [7 a
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ; c# L$ L g* g9 e 4 E0 F" d8 q$ ML: 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！ ! |5 H; u9 ], a0 o8 k9 ~/ M& [9 m4 V% W/ O) E- x8 B: O
M: Whatever! - _1 H7 n0 p G1 s( W1 E) z$ z+ R
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。$ y* o/ V0 W: R
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