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。# a4 T# R* n4 I9 I/ y/ `
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 1 `2 f2 N% a! S9 x9 A9 C" W0 ?3 M- Q. V
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！1 h; l- x- A2 P) P
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? ! s6 C# n5 Q3 I% t X6 K6 ]+ e; M8 W$ z( X' m6 R* o% z
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". $ a% U" V( A, Y$ } V5 Z- x% c3 ? \2 I4 B, O9 Q
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？6 t X( ^8 A1 g% U/ ]
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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... 8 O* ]" c% N1 W+ d0 M* \ 0 o- ]% G$ `3 a8 N. e9 x7 fL: 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？ % N% s! [9 R$ R; d ( W, l( q) F! u9 CM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.* n+ h$ |" z8 ^7 k, @2 y; K8 A
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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！% Q- `0 R1 g3 J9 k( C, K" M; }7 s+ [5 J8 E
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M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 3 S% D) v* `. K0 p- a Y' S; h. x* M6 Y `: y" q- e
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！1 @% ^& ~; ^: Y9 B; d
, ]0 ?' A6 T$ v0 y/ x; v. N5 S' gM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ( P) N+ d% H8 C6 n, E, Q6 } ~) M5 z$ ?$ B7 E; H
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! 9 F* d8 E& ]; f x& f) I4 O 1 ?, Y* G; Q: jM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ) j# b* f6 O# M+ } # ~- k; X7 j [6 T+ O3 oL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 7 B8 z5 w- Q2 A' w8 C: X. x# V) H: E+ A: B7 m
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 7 n5 J- m* U# ?* I5 s6 ]7 _) n& `& ^* L0 I/ u# I
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！: t6 t" [2 \; O0 Q% f
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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. 9 R1 l7 l7 r t2 A% i* `, E 6 [# A- |1 I: p3 @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！ - Q' p" h! T$ m, y; p" L r" p" `; p/ x5 Y7 M" _, C! LM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! m6 d+ I" i4 M% B+ v6 b
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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。 + n; R0 i+ Y" j8 `# v4 v! q% x1 G3 ^$ x# n
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. 7 @9 U P+ a* Y9 p2 m4 C - O' `. D# S' D. P" w+ G1 tL: 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？! V, p6 n. Q/ C) t
' q" ~8 W4 \' ~5 KM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.& u9 K; j: C4 T) F- W
+ P5 V0 Z* l8 s7 ~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。 0 m$ ~% o7 p4 L+ ]/ P W+ t0 u# y# Q& J4 E- i# |
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!) E1 F+ R; v3 g7 m8 s7 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！ 7 f& c1 z y7 y0 _" @: v$ X, S0 \; p/ h/ ~6 I% Y
M: Whatever! + J7 m! T' V: M) d4 a2 O( a* j& `8 j
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。& p) c4 |+ l+ l/ z& E6 Q- m
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