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。 / u% B% z4 B" K3 h0 r! h& R ' t" _# ~9 g- K" D q- [M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 7 P- _7 M: c: |: a# A ' v. m; D7 Y; y/ 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！ " j/ W% u% Y0 c$ W$ l" F- u! F/ H5 g' @+ e- v
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 1 D% V8 ?1 N# r3 s u8 w3 Y. L4 M& q2 X% J
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 2 s' h! o+ s' O; Y" D. F+ |- ` # u( s+ j4 a! T( Q' I% BM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".3 U# Z. g& }0 H$ O2 c
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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？ , G9 \9 P- f- Q5 `# P - R2 f( N6 O$ ]2 \0 s% kM: 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 z0 X( e# c/ B7 p: ^1 E/ l7 c2 [* e: Y2 y+ |
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？ ( e! ?; @* E( l* h8 p5 d/ v: A/ ^& h' b9 t; g% @
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ' a1 b+ d( H& h6 w( y* |* S5 g, `: D) ~7 c
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！) D: D8 A* {" M% I% k
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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. 6 R" ^( t! X* M$ }: y6 b! Q( [ $ N/ o" v5 d( z8 W4 b1 M0 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！- G2 D0 O: d6 H9 Q' U
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!/ J4 R( e. z. s) g7 K1 |) K 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! . x' L$ v" y* V8 p( N1 r - J. u& E+ R7 R) G$ OM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!5 `, J2 O4 z$ W8 Q5 Q( O" {. X8 b
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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.2 f* E) ~. D$ k& e9 a
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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！4 T) w" f+ D8 f8 m9 \# A7 A
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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。 , j1 K8 g4 t: [( G6 z' F 2 D9 l: G+ A- a: D# _& d% EM: 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. g6 { Y0 O$ ?
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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？ 9 B5 @% |9 R' \( }+ L+ E; w$ c2 I6 A n, k# l# T3 }* K
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ) U7 w+ i. q( M( } % t, p; Q" P# Q! m, TL: 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。7 b' c* |; ^ n) h: r' a
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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！ - }! F) M" W* f3 @7 l) T( m' q& k$ ?- V9 L
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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。 O- X" n" f! dAudio as following:1 }8 k! o9 i/ P- c2 k
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