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。0 n& q1 b' W4 h9 H, I+ o
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?# r! H4 C# c0 O: s
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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！) v0 t# d4 b: K8 G. @1 x3 g, K
9 M/ y" t' J# ]. y: I# | PM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ' b6 K2 E0 u0 j( I 4 E* h% j5 z1 E( I3 T* Z7 [4 O0 JL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 4 B" o$ a. I G. a, O$ n3 {6 Q& H4 y3 Q
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".0 [) G: [; g: N
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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？1 J6 \; ~+ ^! b
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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.../ y p( Y; t* y) ~; w- Q5 d
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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？ . M, S: }) G P 3 d; n( y- q$ vM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. . J. v" q2 ~( a8 p1 K5 |$ k V5 Y' ~2 T6 r% p' _3 z
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！$ a; o4 {+ b" S, ~
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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.5 `& D9 E" H7 D* M1 t
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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！) z" L4 d+ h% Q4 G
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!" x* C4 {$ I5 X. P0 T6 E
/ C1 H& ]8 K! [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!; l* Q2 |: b. v, b+ J$ f" O. k
5 ?$ ?: k5 z- b$ W) M% V; ?! j) y& wM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! % w- R: Z7 S' m5 y7 _: _3 y2 b + n5 `6 x5 b: \4 v2 v: ?5 G# X8 ]8 YL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。3 p* F8 T5 E: i M
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！$ K- l" A: O2 f
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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. / w: X, I6 v, a* U& d3 y ' H7 Y b# ^5 o! j/ l) FL: 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！ 3 s. V+ Q4 W7 U4 @& X% U . ]& U6 C" \: Q# BM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!* d: U- J; d3 f9 K. E' r
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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。( C8 C; b2 \) O: A' i l
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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？ ; U, O$ z+ T+ P; y. J2 Q+ \- L7 u. |* u
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.9 u3 P+ C( u, \! ~+ {9 X5 L+ r
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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。' g) _3 j: [4 ]1 V5 K7 [/ ]! ]' `
* r' p4 y: V' S) J5 N3 ~M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!1 w& R' V7 a; F$ ^' x- K# k; A
" ]* M' |7 c( x2 N. uL: 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！9 @) c# p9 C0 _& f
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