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。 1 K6 L1 r; ?7 Q5 @7 m5 l* A! k7 W; ^6 [/ y/ w j, b1 R
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? G) W2 r) `, p 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！+ H2 R" c5 v" y1 B. Q
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?5 m- Z1 E3 \$ J2 H5 Q
0 U) ] Q a1 Y/ BM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". , X) _; k8 P, [1 l$ u0 _" q+ y) q4 L' M4 _# x, Q
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？ 6 @* E, j- G- u6 j 1 ~* l3 w) B5 ZM: 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... " D- H" u* _, S# g; i% A7 A% B# `
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？ 6 c, F" j- `' O' g' r3 C w! a& Y1 L- NM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ) t7 _0 _% U& W" m3 J S / k7 A1 Y) Y& ^0 `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！ ! R+ k! J; d6 ]) N 2 ^1 Q8 h# p: f, g' l) l {M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.$ m) r! U; a- C' |# P4 g3 q/ 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！ ! Y+ ` D$ T/ F2 Y2 q( H; J6 v& g# ~- j/ q- W9 s8 g
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ! F# _4 n4 |5 R6 \; p 0 Q7 X3 W- ] A ?$ F! p2 t0 LL: 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! + [9 E" M- _8 G2 e * _1 l% |$ a7 D3 ]" FM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!4 j& [. q h" J
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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 o2 ]- s, h- H* f& D4 G
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后)2 n; v& m: N; V& }/ ~( S/ M( K, j
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！) r0 L& Y( M: K
2 o4 @" ]+ q* R4 WM: 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.: p( g$ G) l2 f: k) \9 `$ K
$ V! K9 f. T' m2 e, NL: 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！ 6 @4 Z) f, s; d0 @, b6 \' r3 ]
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! & V) o' Z* T7 o 1 A* G( `) k; `5 G+ Z7 X4 ], bL: 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。 , ]+ Y+ ?+ ~6 T: ]% E$ Q; k& u7 ~* N5 s: E. w' |2 u% `5 X
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. [6 ~+ ] w1 C6 ^0 H
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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？$ R! C$ X+ g% D# @' _7 h
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M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ' n4 W! d- ]) [5 P. L5 ~ ]7 ?$ }5 Q2 k% l# P
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。6 Q9 e8 N v# H
" [6 d K) }1 ?3 ?& c8 a9 k0 bM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!0 ?" y B& }5 o& I; g$ T, K9 k
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