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。: \7 w0 W6 \3 R! J1 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！4 F3 }- L$ H5 W$ Z" a4 f4 Q
4 b; ]# z& S X6 m; dM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ^: u7 y3 B5 v/ p* y" B( E% E- q5 R$ }' g/ d! |$ m4 T& O8 u
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?5 \9 u$ [6 s, k, p" A; U8 [9 E8 b
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 6 B0 {& @/ f' Y; x0 R7 a; w: g6 d9 n% ?4 }
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？ 5 B: ?/ V" C" S( D 0 v: G3 |2 y0 b6 ?( K$ h& VM: 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... - X1 J, o5 F: s3 g' ^8 e4 ~4 d" C8 A6 h" C
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？ : {8 [* I. H+ B, T) {; r; f7 O / F/ y: M8 D2 k& L% X: H! PM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. / m5 |8 z# v1 U$ p' `, W7 i/ U7 T/ @8 H
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！) N8 o7 x4 ]* U& `
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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. : o! A) V A! r$ F 8 d- ^. {# g, i! SL: 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！ ' I' [7 m- E6 ?- m* \) X : A2 c$ h; R, l! y3 s8 o9 cM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!& G& G7 T5 I. i- e* }$ ~
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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!/ ^- @1 a0 d+ G$ n8 X; l3 T; w: Q+ i
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!6 L& H2 i9 u0 h/ |5 |1 G8 t
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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。# P! ]7 m/ o D+ a8 o" f: `* A; L
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" R+ K$ [; ^5 M0 }L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 7 C2 ]# |. B1 A* l' z% s, E& l ( O: Y0 P8 u. B* fM: 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. ^5 z0 G1 |7 c$ a: B
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 7 ]; N8 c$ G* c) y+ s5 W$ M4 n8 T) @ i! `7 Z' [( x6 o
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。, } a( x: Q# f/ p
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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？6 n2 u+ A# v5 h* x, u
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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. 0 v! r {; X/ m* E9 r" m6 J4 {* f# J' O6 }% A4 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。) z) {# W9 l9 f& g! S2 `
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!. U0 Z2 }) z% t, C% [3 b$ g8 K
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