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。 ) E* I o+ C3 V! u% b. P/ K 8 m- j- q' k+ c1 H0 h; |M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?; v, P8 s- e7 D( h
9 ?: }; `, E P: h* @4 I3 z( C/ qL: 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！ ! w' Q1 i" P! Q; H7 i: c( ?: k5 _) Z6 ]# X/ I$ q0 S6 [ W
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ! p* r$ X% K4 q / q3 Y# Z! u( ~+ Q2 IL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? $ _9 U* S8 w3 x+ R. e' O9 t+ n* {; m/ V9 ~$ a* U
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".8 U/ ?& y# p' Q
" ~& O! l4 D. _7 w: J& O wL: 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？ 8 C% c: T- K" m' ?7 T. ~# b& A: G/ j; O
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... - v- w1 n. _5 t& F6 V " h- K! z/ M F! B' pL: 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？: H$ P) ]) \, Y1 Q
3 u" D7 o# F+ d/ rM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. " x# S- d7 i& y% N$ ^ ( p+ n" G, _- C* n3 W; o: p2 VL: 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！, S. ?) x/ [8 F2 [0 f5 s. 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.9 b1 Y, Y3 x3 s0 o9 t+ z! ^" m
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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！! c4 I" ~$ x. I8 x8 d, R
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 0 [# T9 I; f0 S4 C , Y2 m. [ D" h: w- V5 FL: 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 I) |+ v* }( A0 W8 v9 z 1 U V+ I: x6 }$ j5 n$ S- LM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 1 C9 L6 S- O# e* S # r" C4 A7 z* r+ C4 w- GL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。' H; l. d# g! q" U+ }: q
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后)1 J d1 s( z5 x3 C$ y
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 3 W) X5 P* b" [5 G4 ?/ W1 B * n D7 N, T B: iM: 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. 7 m" f3 j7 ~% E/ F % A& | N- i7 @$ b3 YL: 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！/ o2 I `+ t5 u7 ~6 a# `4 C: ^
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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。, K N. n9 d, B! J
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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. , w: k7 W; S4 F( O5 ?1 @+ Y; c2 l5 i+ }
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？ + u$ G) k, e: o, K. E3 u- w0 c) `
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.7 B& D7 _3 {9 {' O
5 C N) e) A' ^$ {- i! jL: 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。 ! D6 U/ n, A8 c' O( a 0 r& I1 k9 Z5 Z BM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!* U: t5 O0 {8 }2 d' U1 N
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