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。 & i7 k8 l6 U: E % \, H% `; Z d9 G# O7 l1 {1 {: qM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? . S7 r$ f! f9 k: x& H: G0 R0 h- G
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！ . ?: k9 t" }. w7 ^ X- e J6 W2 G. h& Q( zM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.4 x% C/ \" k0 g2 t9 S8 n. W
9 D4 h# }7 C" AL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?7 R) `9 r6 d. W; n
/ E6 J6 F& z: b6 k' |M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 7 e0 T! z, Q' l' x' R2 C( {- B6 [- O5 b2 }: j$ j9 j6 `' D0 c
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？ * s) z( m9 x% i O* g' d( O. L0 Q& B' h& f, U* g+ N4 u- j8 h$ s
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..." u$ O! V# k# w% T5 u: e1 i, L
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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？* }$ n. p4 [/ Q) h' T$ I
) {% O C9 Y8 L/ PM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. & }9 }7 G1 ?) i1 N6 b+ E# b$ b0 ^- P" [9 o. s# 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！, C7 Q4 r, c% x# J( y0 s' E9 h
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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. 9 q7 f7 |; w' K# k) M9 L $ j$ e/ [1 a. w fL: 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！ * k& _1 a3 i7 j1 T2 g: w / t ]: d8 m/ sM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!& V V/ V" |# Y
3 c& N7 _& \: Q: P; jL: 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!$ S7 x1 w7 G& F
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! / K! ]0 m# q& x. A0 t. Q$ U0 P, K) P- f + _, i4 C6 q- @( `' \L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。' X1 t; ~$ s1 ?$ O; |0 E7 b
9 k3 {. `; i! L) P* w4 b4 X(Michael和李华看完电影以后) " V2 C$ G- S `9 N# L( h2 A, ]. R) K; @8 }& c) g( L
L: Michael，这电影可真棒！: @8 S# _( \: G( [9 J. _
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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. % h. c$ R# t8 I- X , o/ G: g# ?; b& I& zL: 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 s# w' L' } X9 D( \
: j" b( z% X: a7 \4 NM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!. u# C% c3 Z/ {
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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。$ ~, g. o1 @- s! G( K
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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./ n! P, ]5 Z& F& m# t
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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 p! H7 l8 O2 {$ X& d9 F
2 o7 V4 H% z. F, kM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.* E( u _/ ?( M7 d* E3 ^+ h
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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。 - v4 u+ t! v3 t" X# a1 @* A8 r1 l0 K' O8 I
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!0 E; X$ w9 j6 F; f: o, i9 K
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