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。 8 h1 H# q1 K- E$ w8 Q! U 7 l) ^3 L% L \! h$ X5 p" T: GM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 6 |* G/ {% C3 }+ ^5 G: d. c9 W( H( q6 w( _/ k7 X1 i
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！/ E+ T) v) Y* {! b1 t
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. $ c1 z' ^6 k& S6 ]/ M P) G n; k$ H3 d/ W" M7 w7 qL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?6 G7 e" N: ?5 S, P' R, o9 q
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".. y6 A f7 y5 D9 r) ?7 i
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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？ 4 a/ o% r) @4 M, f/ l7 I8 h6 _- n+ k% Y& q! V7 ]% M! A# U5 w
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... ' y" Q4 N6 d2 b+ k5 _3 ^ ' Z- \! J# m* f J/ i. ^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？& J7 z0 N. V7 N
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. % D" s) H4 S5 q# Q3 s2 a% K+ `# F. n E
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- @0 I4 Q- Z
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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. . X' }- D0 ]6 J5 w; P( Q, U, N, ^! l1 o' [, p- B
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！& A4 V+ r7 F/ n* X: z2 ~
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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! & F, J; @5 `1 U8 g' g, L% {+ \! t+ S; v: b
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 5 Y1 i! d4 J; S6 C( f. U2 \5 M+ f 3 T$ G3 Y- s+ h+ p! g2 b7 |% LL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 . e4 L2 j& N& W u' X2 R6 W2 \1 d# ?1 j4 L" O r) r6 a
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- o* U" Q: y" I2 X! z: ZL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 2 C2 _% q" z- i9 Y7 }9 Y+ F 8 |: V: S4 H9 ~* ]* w3 |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 {1 l! n, z7 i: u" x! D6 d + X8 ?# _! a/ a" e2 b. mL: 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！ & Q: e4 W/ m- L: M7 Z; ]9 e0 q( }, `. [; c, }
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ' ~! U3 l/ v" N7 t$ \! s* i& c. m/ W, @, m+ U; W: W% k
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。 1 \# ?# E" z* X! s \- r. j + ~9 u0 a# k% {+ j8 @6 B! ?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. ! \2 O1 l1 Z2 P ( M) B* V: X8 s, G: V1 qL: 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？ ) R! f; V7 b, g+ S7 j$ s8 r8 Q: C
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.+ a# G) `! m9 C5 S' Z; U7 P
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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。4 S0 D2 J3 r; {( S% _7 a7 y
2 R2 G& J. Y' H, \+ fM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! / s8 ]9 O% m/ t7 [ 5 n- A V" `7 J. S4 gL: 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！3 S$ Z: Y3 g& R; I: ]
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