' B+ s7 m3 m( Q; m7 f0 ?M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ; x5 M) G& ]- U y % {6 F- F# I0 B( q1 a! FL: 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！ + @" W' V/ ^+ W5 d! { , g. k9 } A9 ~* |3 q# aM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. f' ]( Y0 {2 U$ l( y3 G
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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？ 8 y4 g$ Z7 T5 {! }! |* i2 r 1 p; [! O' c3 V" k, EM: 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( W+ f5 v9 R6 y( q8 [2 ^# l& u) `" L. U2 X; v% e) ~/ A
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？. j5 `) s% R5 o5 Y/ i
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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！ * n6 j9 c& ^; k 5 r: N: G3 W# n3 k2 s6 oM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!2 m3 G7 r |9 ~' q1 O
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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! . \. g3 ]$ Q: J' k: V4 o & G( a2 H9 R1 VM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! - Z' u3 F0 T; z4 {1 q1 t % j3 F0 o& o/ c+ aL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。9 T; W- b7 z/ {+ W0 ?, x$ R
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！% g5 Q- I: s7 R R% v$ U
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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. ! G0 y; J8 h5 C8 y ) p7 K: c; f, p" F# r: R1 A+ D) 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！ 0 S0 x+ l& _/ L8 Z g1 a' v6 D( \6 t b) b# x3 m
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!6 l, [6 T0 b$ P1 K* V) n
9 x# o" x* j! {- t+ @5 o" AL: 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。6 j2 f5 y5 |: N( L, I
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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？/ e7 A# @% d, ]. X5 N: T4 e
' V0 V6 x0 w' Q) z4 Z- {1 VM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. . g9 l! w; U7 }+ e( f* v) f8 a5 \) ^1 V7 V" {( G* S' }5 m
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。 2 |0 u- s0 f b0 e: g9 {% @" @7 `* R
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! 8 m( P; _# e( ~3 l3 J9 L. F) K1 p$ H1 ` m7 W) {* A) G
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！ : c9 V8 @5 w/ K6 Y- f5 ^3 b4 a6 n) K2 _# d
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