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。( u& a7 P( I) d% V- Z! ~+ ^- v
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? : |3 O; A; ?" Z* l7 z1 Q 1 U, E) x i3 P$ P5 dL: 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！1 _$ D" l n/ g" w$ F( h2 j8 n
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5 Q+ B0 C0 z$ D" o( BL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 8 X# D0 l( C! ^: R. w 5 G0 n: H9 C8 r% F$ R- gM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 9 ^: z' y: C7 c$ z" ?' ? , P" t7 f/ r `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？ ; l* v+ p% Z1 q* b( f' L ( T2 C: M0 [. Z6 ?' T+ tM: 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 F( W% u$ B, r5 e6 ?9 p9 q$ p
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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？ S% j" N2 O# S$ y; F- ~ Q5 t
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.# m. d5 _, u; X! b- c/ K
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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！3 H4 T1 [: ?% }$ k9 U5 R2 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.2 v5 ]5 A+ T V+ O
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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！ % }: h2 V% {: G; }& k8 w5 [( m) J0 a' K0 L1 [3 T
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 6 l1 L; N- h/ o7 Q3 h" ]8 y! F) P( n& v6 [! k( ^" h# f: _( U
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!$ P! {* C; X7 c' \
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! $ T1 ]0 N ~. C. T, L) f# L1 s1 z- }7 ]* M# P! `
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 6 ]3 m. ?2 E5 Z I0 w5 [' U; ~- \) l) k0 m/ B$ D" b. U" F
(Michael和李华看完电影以后)9 r& z3 n$ Y' C3 ?: m3 Z
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！, d0 h- S' x1 U' N0 n
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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. * M4 H; W6 E& J. {: r, a. D; G# | 5 y$ ]& w8 `; u8 D9 \& EL: 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！ / H4 b4 w! g/ n% H' E7 m9 t ( ^4 s3 C u4 L/ [M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!1 B* G/ s. A0 U
% m" A3 Z2 H# J- p* yL: 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。 5 Z, X4 @6 d) `1 [0 w0 T8 x# j% @
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. % v, ]. W% n* X& E* @7 g$ G 1 e! D- A: u" Y, f0 c& n6 FL: 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？ ; A- N \" q" f) W/ ^ % _6 l4 j, O/ @5 M4 KM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. : {" v: A/ H+ U 6 P5 D4 s8 {/ ^ ~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。 2 c8 Q0 X3 s4 d$ i3 h) [6 w& [& D$ Q5 S, J
M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!* V3 y7 X9 P# M3 q
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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！2 I$ N1 E, y+ s4 O `
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