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 s7 }) @% D( W
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ) U1 ^* D) u2 b p, J- M9 L" o. c- Z- a0 t2 {
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！ " B$ Q( j+ ] g; d# M+ E* k* z% g, A
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.! e8 O3 v4 v2 u! C* L) d* K
, {8 X8 N4 a; N* r$ AL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?" c* ~3 v5 T& G( {. j
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". % x, V. p, h1 v' a , y3 x/ r, G% ?, P! }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？ X! p" J' |4 h/ R+ F9 s) C l* k( A1 N" X g" FM: 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... 6 n. S, u# o2 L" D * H8 C9 ]( I* s# k. SL: 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？( O' T" b% }) Y) ~& i3 O9 c
! ? M0 R0 n' }4 d/ W* H; `M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. - |1 N% E" K. m6 ]6 ~% R% _$ G. ?# M( }, t
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！, }" B" e3 h, I7 b8 [+ p* e
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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.% k3 Y. u- e( X' D0 f5 W
3 s' r9 G2 _0 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！ 3 U6 o+ P5 J- c7 Y5 w+ x 5 Z/ Y& x4 ^" d- r, b' LM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!, }1 N. ?3 y1 o8 Q% n k+ s
$ b. [ l( F/ _- ~4 e7 V1 h0 ?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!9 z" E0 G3 ?* m
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! [) F5 U& P. e( O k: m5 L% `1 w8 u2 J! m" r, L2 d* p: f; U
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 4 z/ Y9 m7 J$ ^- `! e! N; J+ S4 ^, W5 [' J8 {
(Michael和李华看完电影以后)0 R$ m. h% t# _/ h% ~. t
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 9 R) C( x+ S! B/ M) _! G' H! |2 R2 W1 x0 n9 `7 I4 u4 S
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. 6 j) K5 X5 H4 E. | # O4 ^2 R, v" m- E1 ?" hL: 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！ 2 Z+ w# |. s1 n. k0 E( e" n6 C2 L N
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! $ }7 ^0 s P d4 q5 N" A! T, T) U" ~( 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。! T: \0 U# i4 t6 K# E6 v
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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. Z. J# M) l, n0 X- a; S$ 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？1 }+ L) j9 ]* ^8 E
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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.- _$ g" c$ i7 G7 q; ~# Z- U
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