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。) U `- b/ i7 }* b
' d8 Q/ }3 f5 u0 z" G# W9 VM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?/ S' P' z1 \' v3 I6 G; D$ Q
# T# U- T J+ Z# B0 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 R8 X& ?; }2 V4 h$ B
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.9 F8 f/ x& L( K8 B% ?$ F
5 u( V/ c' K0 U1 }* R7 ?L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?. Q* w% G$ W4 S% |! O' Q% v- y
4 N3 l# }. f6 b" d$ S+ {M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 7 Z, v' j h4 N5 ~# q5 E& s0 E* a( U7 B
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？3 c4 s: X5 P) p1 T6 J5 Z
, e5 l. K% A8 g! }$ j# kM: 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..., x! p; Z& U+ z0 ]4 _+ j
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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？ ( A* g7 h+ w8 B0 A& i3 a% V- p9 g" L9 d* w+ C# A
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 1 y# q4 v# E4 y5 p3 R* B1 K/ v: E4 M
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！ I3 [2 {3 [# s# v U; g4 {5 A. v
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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. & G% d5 [# R5 v9 C) ^ k1 j. S * {/ |, l& P9 N% P! RL: 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！ 3 i, x) @: p/ Y- h. \+ X) n/ e% M0 ^ ! n6 r. ?+ }$ ^% vM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 0 F( e3 Z% {' u" G) ] + f& Y! n: Z5 \/ k3 Z2 J9 {, _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!- S' t) t( f2 k+ U# _: B0 R' B
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!/ d9 _6 q' y0 L" V
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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。 T+ J! L4 T' R
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% b# \4 M0 }% Z% o( U1 `L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ " o% v3 S E& G4 n W' u' n6 o( S8 s7 K# h
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.5 b# w; H% s2 b# O2 R1 [
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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！+ B- r9 r# H% Y: Y8 r0 J
- K4 }- s% d, j/ g3 Q! rM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!1 A- x$ y+ T- _5 v
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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。( n. X) h) ?. M r: C: d
3 o& P5 h" r3 D) QM: 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./ _& O1 j0 q' ?2 o; }
% F7 F4 P; m: {" E6 d% ^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？ * [: S: Y- ?$ h0 A) E, s 4 @" ^1 v' _) A5 XM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ; ]! ~$ \) J* E0 ?2 i( v8 |1 ]& C4 }+ D
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。 & R" ^! Q% j8 C. D3 m0 J) @2 K( Q! e7 P0 |! ^9 J6 S" Y
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!1 v) |5 q- _7 U1 G- [" [' E+ s
: ^6 ~2 O p5 B! y* ], iL: 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！' I: ]& F" t1 a: {7 W0 W% A
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