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。 2 J5 M" K, S# l) f3 I b! p, x+ x3 @% @/ {M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?9 r' t1 a5 k3 C% f3 b5 I; u
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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！ 7 n+ W$ |, r- B0 T$ C 9 k/ b' [+ E- E; bM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.2 l3 U( c, H0 |
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?, {, S3 O9 }* i! r( n# g/ D2 G ^2 i( }
4 A- h* w7 q7 S" kM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ; ~2 ~% v+ @. ]' Q' G; f; L F7 _$ ~! [: J; W) V& _
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？) Z; |) ?( a1 M, c/ x* k
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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.... E( h. {# t( l0 I0 g, }
9 ~( [8 [# o* Z5 ]( wL: 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？& E& `3 D% w) e5 x }' I
2 I7 V5 ~/ ~2 x9 IM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ! y: Q5 z* p" r) O S# b2 ^' D" w5 Q* d9 S* E) ?! s
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！ 1 }! S5 V. @: X! p5 l, \- U G / O' X( |9 a7 z' v( } ^. @9 kM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ! Q Y3 V! S1 n; _# U p' S4 x4 c- |( J2 r# [0 L( C
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！ {$ |( a3 P2 \5 f$ ~2 l ; x8 |. h) \( g! ?% t- ?7 h8 p% ~M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!1 w8 x" J: l$ q" S5 K
; v* `) ?5 ]/ b: d; Y5 {L: 清仓大减价嘛！ 可是，Michael，我去商店的时候，停车停错了地 方，吃了一张罚票， it costs me 50 bucks! 7 Z( J4 l' u4 z9 G4 m0 X/ g; @, Q3 u
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ) q b* y1 L( }7 { s3 N) e ; a" W1 F8 B1 q! t! P( ^1 kL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 8 b' w: [' Y9 k( F$ [* q 7 O" G$ {% S2 g# s* ?) b(Michael和李华看完电影以后)0 I- N' p" r: y3 s8 h% x
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！: i! L4 c' n' {3 L! F( s
3 n9 n* f0 {: ?9 _7 @0 cM: What? Are you kidding? That was the stupidest movie I've ever seen. I would have rather spent the seven bucks on a good meal.0 {% V" n2 o8 g8 F5 D N
: U* T9 O2 e& iM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 4 m" j: v% ~2 Y2 l, Q, b# k* I8 I+ n# \) D
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。5 q& C C& `& ?; u
# ^* C. }1 T0 j4 \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. ) ?+ { p4 u* A+ B! o @" N/ R2 g5 D9 q
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？ k2 e; F5 N. X
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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。( ]. B9 s+ c2 _* `# k+ F+ {
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! - I" d# K1 D8 W( U0 J( c 2 c& P" p) _, X4 O9 S# PL: 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！ 7 n/ _4 p2 w# n. w# M0 | 5 m: _% b( _7 ^' H2 U6 hM: Whatever!0 v8 J' |( J* c1 b& X
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