Michael和李華都為今天的考試苦苦準(zhǔn)備了整整一個(gè)星期。他們倆剛考完，都覺得自己考得不錯(cuò)。倆人決定去看一場(chǎng)電影，輕松輕松。李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)，一個(gè)是：buck; 另一個(gè)是：whatever。

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

L: 你說(shuō)什么？噢，電影還沒有開場(chǎng)，你問(wèn)我要不要買點(diǎn)吃的？嗯， 我本想買一杯可樂(lè)，可是買了票，沒錢了，算了吧！

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

L: 你說(shuō)什么？一杯可樂(lè)不是$2.75嗎？你說(shuō) "only a few bucks"?

M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".

L: 喲，"buck" 就是"dollar"！是非正式的名稱。 嗨，昨天我要買一塊 糖，你給我一美元，那我就可以說(shuō)："You gave me a buck"，對(duì)不 對(duì)？

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...

L: 得啦， 你用不著提醒我，我知道，那天借了你幾塊錢吃午飯， 上星期借你十塊錢買化學(xué)書，不就是借了兩回嗎！你怎么啦，怕 我不還？

M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.

L: 得了吧！要給我舉例子，跟錢有關(guān)的事多著呢，為什么非要舉我 問(wèn)你借錢的例子！

M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.

L: 要我給你舉個(gè)例子，行，那還不容易呀！ 你看我這件毛衣，款 式很新型，純毛的，還是名牌，你猜多錢？Five bucks！

M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!

L: 清倉(cāng)大減價(jià)嘛！ 可是，Michael，我去商店的時(shí)候，停車停錯(cuò)了地 方，吃了一張罰票， it costs me 50 bucks!

M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!

L: 真倒霉！得了，別說(shuō)了。去買可樂(lè)吧！電影都快開場(chǎng)了。

(Michael和李華看完電影以后)

L: Michael，這電影可真棒！

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.

L: 你從來(lái)沒看過(guò)這么傻的電影？你寧可花這七塊錢去好好吃頓飯！ Michael, 你真怪！我非常喜歡 Piers Brosnan，他長(zhǎng)得多帥呀！

M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!

L: Michael, 你說(shuō) "whatever"，在這里是什么意思呀？比如說(shuō)："You can buy whatever you want." 意思是：你想買什么都行。可是，你剛才說(shuō)一個(gè)字"whatever"，口氣不同，好象意思也不一樣。

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.

L: 噢，原來(lái)是這么回事。你說(shuō)的whatever和我舉的例子里的 whatever 是一個(gè)字, 可是，說(shuō)的語(yǔ)調(diào)不一樣就表示說(shuō)話的人在諷 刺對(duì)方，認(rèn)為對(duì)方說(shuō)的是廢話。好，又學(xué)會(huì)一個(gè)詞。不過(guò)， Michael，你不喜歡這部電影是不是你認(rèn)為Piers Brosnan不夠帥？ 你 是妒忌他吧？

M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.

L: 得了吧！對(duì)，Piers Brosnan年級(jí)不小了，也比以前胖了。可是我 認(rèn)為他還是很帥。你自己不也比以前胖了嘛。

M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!

L: 唉，非要說(shuō)看這部電影是浪費(fèi)七塊美元。 得了，Michael, 你還是 省點(diǎn)錢吧，沒準(zhǔn)我下回還要問(wèn)你借呢！

M: Whatever!

李華今天學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)，一個(gè)是：buck，這是指美元；另一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)就是：whatever，這是表示說(shuō)話的人對(duì)對(duì)方說(shuō)的話很不以為然，就象中文里說(shuō)的"得了吧"。這次[流行美語(yǔ)]就學(xué)習(xí)到這里，我們下次節(jié)目再見。