! i2 }+ Q# c" Y4 b+ UM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?# X& k, E$ N ]
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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！ * o" M) Q- h+ n+ Z' E, W6 D" g( \" B/ O, i1 _# {
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. N3 e. s9 s* { 3 w7 d7 a1 b, H1 fL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? / F5 I! b3 U) U! w $ P& A: |" P9 U% I, ~& XM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 5 b1 C3 |- g1 ~& j8 |3 O! K & U" U6 O/ u! h+ ^' }3 ~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 K ?0 B, p) w( b* y, P3 \9 h4 K' h& ~. d2 U
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...: X t. Z2 f0 x7 h+ ~ C& [7 B x
& l5 l; J* u* X- k/ D& N4 fL: 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？5 {/ S% l1 Y3 ], S& L# \
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.) q. l7 Y; e3 `# W, D
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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！ B& j2 D7 ^, d2 S4 J5 @0 k4 G 1 w1 t% V& {" d+ k. z1 xM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. $ n$ P9 }( \: W: Y$ B# G( q+ ]# N8 [5 X* n- V" C# M- g4 }
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！" k1 @6 r2 E( M. v- X. W+ C
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! ) c# M5 z- s/ S9 Z% }3 ^: C% W: b @, a9 W1 `
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!4 R' J) n7 r! G. {
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!1 ?1 p7 m9 B: M9 Q R
# g1 h# Y) C7 U8 PL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 / {" ?( f4 E+ x7 X' A/ N) i* D; v' c; B6 Y! c2 p3 E
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 7 v# V# x) M1 T3 E8 s6 \1 d) p1 u3 q$ 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., P+ E) q% z7 ~2 k
- _- f9 y; Y+ I( `L: 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 P5 R& {1 ?; A9 {( b& w% O
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!5 W9 `$ B4 }. K4 x4 S7 @+ S) s
9 T7 {$ L7 H9 u: WL: 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。2 m7 y7 C; q& i, r
" G# X) Y( V! RM: 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.6 @ F( A* }9 o$ W5 V4 N
# N$ Y6 T% O& z( ^" @5 q. a oL: 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？ / @5 p2 G/ A* C) x& A9 E 9 t; v! r$ Z, XM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 1 d$ }" B$ G. A; }( ?5 o& @ $ f9 |0 b% u; J% [$ V8 BL: 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。: a& S C% @1 g# x5 J1 N+ Y0 H
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. ^; R8 v" o. Q7 r0 b& l0 TL: 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！ 5 w% }4 K; n& _$ ^# A3 a$ Y ' e% N0 Z0 b% tM: Whatever!. d/ a- ]! l6 J1 g' b n
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