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。 7 w: P( J. i: B# t% {& j 6 @# q( j# \* y' y6 w; F z0 q. lM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?3 }" A% T. @$ g
7 I( w# G9 I- I. N3 a4 Y9 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！2 k+ q' m+ ^* I. g
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. + K( f" F$ U' P! _* W4 D2 G( [' o & [7 E) e% |( L- o3 S: m/ oL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?) f N% ~2 v. T* E8 P2 Z
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". f; N! e) J5 f0 V3 |5 k$ t
7 P& D6 @0 R# y! j F9 u. QL: 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？ : K' O1 P1 Z0 h/ S' M / y9 S! W7 E# M$ O0 G2 LM: 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...* f& [! N4 B4 [* g4 @: J
$ ~( c8 c+ u/ JL: 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？ 5 G2 m( o, q& V 4 m- C* {' Y7 Q) U2 PM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. - X! }( N$ R' C& v* t1 ?; P& a! j/ N2 b4 w' r! v
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！7 K) K1 a/ }" x* n1 a
% n ?6 z8 {5 ? u3 B1 NM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.( l. o& x2 J) m; q
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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！1 ^8 d2 _# d B4 M- g
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! : V: n* k8 F$ o4 y$ H! D3 F" A& w8 E8 f+ {1 S/ t1 n: `, E
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!6 ~! X; M; H3 k. J) {) {3 f, T ?8 ~
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!9 k- ?% ^2 r# x! C" K
, S0 Z0 i2 p; PL: Michael，这电影可真棒！" v# g8 I( j' t; V0 E* Y6 X6 v
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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.* y& V6 Z! S0 G' y
- N% N4 k: s. d* LL: 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！9 T7 ]# r+ M4 K4 Z5 K/ n
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!! f7 e6 T, Y( A" E) I% J+ P
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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。 & k. R8 o' y9 ]6 ^9 g% W4 B / _5 g) m* r3 D* d x5 F5 dM: 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., T# W! k2 C) b5 i
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