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。 2 }7 \: S5 D' @: v9 L6 i3 h( ~" k j7 a0 ^% v
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?6 X0 I8 K9 B* A# |
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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！8 @$ _/ r( }* ]5 ]
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. # D3 T" z' y, {! j/ h 8 [2 S. [3 ~$ u' @' _L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?2 S# X2 G0 n9 B/ t
4 F/ N3 @( f, fM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". & X# B$ ]! _/ h3 O) q; A% F" ?, j, h5 h9 P' X
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？& a& w; H. V( ~5 U+ z: r
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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... A2 K8 n1 F# P9 _; V, _* z
7 `& W5 w" `- i$ s# o! ]1 p# 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？ ; T; b' U- r; W3 Y) m C, C) [% v3 S, e" K* g7 rM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. : ?5 M% s5 _! L) {/ P& o0 l# `# @6 N, u# `9 F
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, ]/ U$ x% E3 Q4 I
_6 T7 j3 y# `( y$ FM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.+ }* ?; H% \4 E4 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！. ^/ F. T# i) L
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! & j" D9 h% L$ H : q- }! P& [: T yL: 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!' y8 ~* C, n4 H* `7 J& ?/ u
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! ' O/ V/ H" T/ X7 I' Y + D3 W+ `( T% f& m% h- e, O4 ?" CL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 ; Q* ]- Y9 X* Z- a) {6 R2 `- V6 X3 t: O" O& r& g, _) i" }
(Michael和李华看完电影以后)7 G/ h4 ?* Z3 z% |' o1 @% x7 |2 L
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ + u5 o: K$ D z' C 1 A0 @8 e1 \ X4 |5 s% _+ Y" s* x$ |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. ' K" D: e4 z# u0 ~4 P4 g ) n* O# `" t2 Q1 R! _, X JL: 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！" k1 C" c* Z* G
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ~7 e. L/ @2 F2 E9 u& v2 v + h) ?/ ~$ h9 p" X( [/ xL: 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。 8 ], } Q) |& b: ]/ X1 |! r5 h+ z7 O: o, V6 W* B- T9 {
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.' J8 L. m9 s8 M# a+ L f: [
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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？ 2 z+ m. m2 f% J1 V# t) c ( q- l& w. v* Z i# yM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. : M( V4 t7 ?8 p; @7 W7 x# J3 V 9 ?6 Q' x# n4 m! X' `& |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。 1 q. N1 H6 u0 }7 P C( P+ t( H9 D1 M, P7 c4 T
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! : `6 D, O0 z8 h2 s5 e" g ; p2 k2 U' D( ~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！; ^; C! Y8 w' r1 g, }; V. ^
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