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。 - X. I/ q& [+ x0 U, l8 J9 A 5 W* E, n2 ] {! c- a6 I) uM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?8 U0 X: x k9 h) q8 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！( s" r% X! B7 \# b7 x
6 b5 R Q4 {( \9 j6 Q: ]M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 9 N! ]6 X. Y' Z! H: C N/ j& @ 5 E0 e% {! z, YL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?9 I$ o- @' }% T2 B3 Q z
5 z) C# W+ G$ xM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".* n! `) B3 s+ o+ T! Z
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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？ 4 f4 Q3 a' X; U* p $ U% q/ U3 Y( Q8 }( O4 K- N6 |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... 4 h! X c3 M/ V ^4 @, Z ^1 V: e' X4 N) K) K( @! `1 ?: q$ t
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？# Z; N% m. C! ^- I. T2 f% Q
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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！ 7 P/ v- |. H( ?" A* i0 [7 t/ H1 D k: x9 j5 e: u$ x, H0 c8 m: y
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.8 g( w9 {1 E- J) X. S
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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！3 K: G3 P6 L: g& {' ~9 d
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!9 d8 D( H+ J3 r" K
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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! 5 Z( A; f! e8 p1 k0 N ; G) N$ U Q# w( A: t# c! E4 FM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! + J ]& M$ N/ d+ I% }' R1 w) k9 w+ ^9 B( u C, J5 k
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 & |5 U: L! ~* S$ R2 M" G/ ]& F7 i6 w- q5 [& @ Q, N
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1 q' d- f9 @3 `' F E ?L: Michael，这电影可真棒！$ {( N2 ^; L# _
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& p, y: d! e- Z 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！8 X# @9 y' @6 y# V+ K
1 h& j9 W; i" q6 K0 N& {M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! . f8 S! C$ B6 o3 X/ h5 B ; v/ @& `1 d* 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。- n, T% Z# ~, o8 I
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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.% Y4 [: c5 S2 c
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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？0 q( \) t$ i0 T
" V$ c+ K; t3 A8 p8 ?+ yM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.1 g* B' Q" b; C# l# a
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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。+ t" t! B: B1 K/ r6 W
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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！0 g: y' A5 A C' q1 z/ \4 |
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