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。 9 d4 p* W3 _' K( x2 |" k 6 r8 ?0 J9 Q9 b! l- ~0 y( t* QM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?% k& V5 D1 \0 r7 H/ o
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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！ ) r/ T! c3 F' _5 ^6 `* K7 f) q+ T- {# b
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks., K Z' f) k0 {( n" r1 g! Z8 A
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 1 E& x1 k$ x! e+ ]9 `4 S+ d) J8 q& J7 T" ~" y
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ; u0 S" k8 |, k2 t ! M: M8 y+ ]. J7 FL: 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？7 d% l% {/ X$ R: u8 D
+ @7 n7 s9 f, v) H' A4 ]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...; s7 p* j4 q; O! e& X3 q5 w
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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？9 }, b8 S6 |5 s6 ]' ~# [# p) ~
$ _1 m$ G& U2 }: E2 y. k* i* ` GM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.0 {" [+ v( h6 G
6 v4 @5 J* g& p/ T9 ML: 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！. y; A# a9 ]9 K' @' X) ~4 @
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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.0 ^4 Y# m; {/ @8 n7 Y& Z
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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！9 b' \7 e; [, d6 x6 B
, y; k7 S y* A- } VM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ' T; K$ t4 K5 j4 e/ @. Q 4 A* O0 `1 W, D- XL: 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!! G5 _2 V& n1 M; b$ N: T% \, a
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! + f/ x' d4 s* T; m 7 d4 b4 U! h' d6 m4 s) ]L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。& A$ R/ Y" L; r/ i4 O+ J6 P$ F
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 2 N/ h5 o) e6 H& h9 t# E) B* a5 o ' d+ }' `) m7 ^* p+ D. uM: 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. / ~* |% Z! m+ _ Y3 @3 V' b0 E9 P' q2 s. ~$ I& ] E
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！# l# R- ?, p/ ~ L5 N
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!& ~' O& X$ q# _. O. d
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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。 ; L2 k5 S1 p% a- u6 s+ O& r# Z, P+ A Y; g) x3 H+ V$ n+ t
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. E- d: e2 N- B 2 s1 y6 S- D3 @& x7 j' {, f( ]- I. ~, RL: 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？ / k$ k7 {3 ?3 A* V9 @' P$ o9 J
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 7 Z2 E! t; ^6 D- ]# O" @* Z' w5 k4 s3 F
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。 ( v' {: L- V0 Y4 |; o$ f$ Z 9 D7 M9 `- X$ l+ Q8 m |M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!/ \! }9 x+ h- X
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