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。* I/ A! I0 w- t1 p3 ?4 k
& O4 _0 d8 L# F* D% R- z; `M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?1 w! t4 a5 w5 i% Z+ A
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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！8 ~9 X% r' B- d
* N: E; v; F) D! b* z/ p5 g4 b; FM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.; ?$ I6 W- N3 ^+ T- x3 Y
9 `- W* @5 D J/ E# }1 oL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? ' u, D) v$ M B S* R . \- S1 y1 G+ W4 ]2 Z# |+ wM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". & O4 R/ h$ [% g5 U % ]& y5 |" Z5 dL: 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 H/ C: R# e$ T4 p6 @* l: L. E2 M
8 V5 e, X, {! A8 A" ~+ CM: 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...$ t2 o9 T6 X1 y4 k) \7 o
4 o/ Y: b) f4 }; W4 uL: 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 @$ c, Q: Y; v3 Z. I/ N" F" ~0 x7 F# e
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. $ x3 a3 M' K7 d+ b 1 ~3 K1 N1 S2 {# { t/ L/ GL: 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！% N) _. k" t: y1 F* O7 ]8 E% 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. + U+ k& l/ P/ s6 I4 G( D* m% Z1 L, f, V! { P4 U7 s5 K- G
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！+ `) R* ]2 h- m: D% T4 t+ x3 d
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!3 r: \, {$ Q/ X/ p% g5 l9 C
# b* e/ N0 w0 I3 p9 w- N( ~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! % |! i! ^. j9 l4 T; E4 \% ]* E4 Y. h' X' |1 i
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!/ @1 v2 s- v i, e; v B2 K/ W
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L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。5 p h @- n, u$ H
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后)3 K4 P8 R8 d: q3 E. q% ^
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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. : G* c. b9 }# s' o2 T : q' @! w- g; k6 ^" a! DL: 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！ 1 W: K$ r0 f! ^6 E! c) _2 {1 S% S k0 Q
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!' t+ l& s; y+ g5 d- k+ Z
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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。4 u4 e$ o- c0 P9 d6 @6 ^' Y
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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. 7 k9 q8 ?& L- d3 V4 b( y# `) b7 {8 G# ?' h) }* O2 I" S
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？7 H6 K$ O/ c7 t/ b0 o
2 e4 C" X, S2 ^2 Q6 n" w1 kM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ' Z: t. w( o$ s8 o # e- q9 R2 g+ \) X! N7 lL: 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。 / z3 l7 T+ F: X- d & B- r3 j# K8 \( ]M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! # E+ V, ]% d( O _6 o8 o1 u) G, t1 O2 F' X* g" J
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！- w+ \" c% d S0 D
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