流行美语口语 Popular American English - Lesson 27 - buck & whatever

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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。
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?

3 g# P; }. q, s. N& n/ nL: 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！

M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.

/ `+ G) `' Q7 z6 |! k+ VL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?

+ {7 K5 `0 n2 xM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".
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' S; e$ j6 z; G" m/ CL: 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？
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# ?" t' Y0 @) J6 d4 ~9 @, M+ QM: 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...
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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？
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/ F- s) c3 f: r: F9 _6 X) MM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.

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！

% f4 ~! u0 X3 Z' _$ {' f# YM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.
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: M* O2 \% ?9 u8 ^) OL: 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！
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: t: X" u9 e4 L$ CM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!

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!
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1 |4 a9 [( U4 z& J8 q8 o/ sM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!
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3 X3 ~3 w! X- q4 M# [2 AL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后)

6 h- j. p; u5 f* F. P: c; C+ b2 i! oL: Michael，这电影可真棒！
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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.

- O% R3 n, P$ b* I; ?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！
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/ v* ]% L% a7 y/ i6 z7 C! t5 e7 oM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!
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1 T: d2 w" v; I7 n9 ?! a$ rL: 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。
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" s& p0 O1 ]8 k& T  tM: 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.

" p( m, t8 L; E, M2 }# [1 {& XL: 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？
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8 A7 g) }* l1 GM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.

8 b/ ]+ n3 _, V; \. A$ H/ mL: 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。
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!
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  U$ f( \8 d% }0 `1 u6 SL: 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！
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M: Whatever!
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( q; _2 _. B$ k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。
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