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。% Y% H' A- I- q% B7 |; \; W, b
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?3 |+ y; o. D7 m
1 E: p# X* h! Z* J/ f7 TL: 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！ 8 h4 q& `+ S8 C, z/ \, P6 D6 x, C3 Z) r
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. / U: q' X8 @* R& j9 R4 j- i3 E4 s% u
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 5 r4 l* E4 e- ~0 h; |& j% u, ?5 a! K6 s" w. R9 z( b
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".& y+ S; G6 E- F$ {+ x) i. @' U v
8 z* K# h# ]. 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？2 q. i& e# F% ^
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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... ' x& I/ `4 l& C: W5 ]4 w! u$ l" j$ I! P2 C% j, L7 h
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？ + X g& X' r5 Z$ I; }1 l- p# r% ?) y! N- l- |0 h
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.9 V- w2 l0 G N) u1 K
/ b3 e5 Y6 I7 Q {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！( l. ^) E% k0 R6 c+ M" q+ w
: k! c' T% Z( I. x0 b+ l+ B3 \M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example./ y) M" |4 P8 c0 v( U$ v
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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！: ^5 t6 t9 y6 Z: X
4 G$ b. x$ G7 lM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!4 W2 ]# F2 \# z) e- z1 G- ~
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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!* @2 B% `0 F/ I6 O: i* e
$ U8 W+ S. l8 w% L& d& b0 o7 _: jM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 8 g5 y& e9 V) |( c# k. x4 I' Z8 J: b' i4 a, @& |. d, w$ R0 t& ~
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 D* ?1 B1 s g8 t6 j
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！7 [9 S2 S s- n8 B4 Z6 S
8 w6 m1 z& U3 zM: 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.8 @- L/ B3 K6 O5 T& ]
" e) _4 b: t1 A% a1 p% w; K8 [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！ 6 ^( v. c# n- G# D+ D; C: _; `1 q& w9 Q2 B5 {# s* E: P, o" T
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! + `9 s b4 {. w8 P5 Q7 S2 X8 t; |* _" \3 t* r4 m
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。 ; @& i- o' O/ w6 M % } J2 F, r) A0 C% `* P7 s5 ^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. 5 P5 v: s+ F0 k X8 f- j# o B% F) ~; U. `1 o1 E# x5 Q; X
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？ n% C/ C$ Y6 {* g3 t3 @' J( D' S
$ K4 O: J g8 E. IM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. " `, ]% x! _, V9 } G9 [- R* M& b5 \3 W( i
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。 4 T+ P) F% X" I: C0 R# B' _0 d- |* e % ~& X1 h0 `& C; G7 f% T$ ]# F" tM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 6 p0 Y9 o5 O1 }; t% D% k# s+ N, p& D/ A! \9 L: H3 T# t
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！- l% i6 ?. I; g7 k, q' k t" }
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1 ~' L) L7 ^& F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。& b, @6 O$ R' [5 @, N9 f! \
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