4 \1 k+ R6 B0 L( K& aM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? / \. p$ a% i* I 6 a3 w) Z# C$ T- `. \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, b4 T: S# N
% I3 [5 u7 K9 e) h6 JM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.- e2 n8 {! m: k7 B: N& H# k
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 1 o/ [' W9 g, S8 C7 J+ B4 _0 d" E. C- E$ d4 X
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".. Z2 l, v3 j( Q# f, P4 Y, F& L4 l
) K5 R2 Q" @3 b, W/ L0 }" S6 FL: 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？ 9 |$ s2 \" r- c, u' t+ n, t% c5 t6 O+ B, |7 a
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 t" z8 D& d0 @, K% M ( ], M3 |, P! H5 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？ 3 x9 z% q3 D, j9 C$ G4 X* a0 A
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. ( }* n# g) Z. W% T- i+ Y) e# ?: L; I4 k {
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！# E" r1 t) b. D- ^8 F& K9 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. 7 [, L" Y7 u2 }+ w) C4 C ) d6 A6 k3 K a* A: r+ nL: 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！ # N; {' y- p3 { L: { f 3 G" L# @9 x) a+ R3 M! Z8 D& gM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! , R' M' K! x" n- |( H9 f! J( u3 E Y
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! $ ~1 _+ ]. i& v; F: F. b3 u5 N. E: I: i4 y
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!3 U/ l! _0 J, R
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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。% _3 b& D1 @8 |; }
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！* g p6 g0 t+ e( R) \/ t
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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.9 n, f( k) t8 g9 l4 `
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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！ 0 n' Q' H4 N& { . ?; H8 F# d$ k; DM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!7 x4 ~4 D: d& D. X f, `
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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。3 F; R" \+ `8 ?2 s; @' _' j
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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.. {+ S; `3 C) H( W
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!$ A( y5 H) s' R
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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！ 4 C3 \$ {: ~5 E. W9 p1 j. a4 X C* ^& _
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