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。. [9 ^/ {" J, v$ y& p" O
% {* d8 M. z6 H- vM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? + ^( m m! B3 m/ r 5 A |. x1 I( M) TL: 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/ U0 F2 r8 e- T& S. V3 g 0 v/ x% Q/ d6 T, I$ tM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.% Q. ~. i0 l6 i- `+ a9 E
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?/ o% v3 k2 t3 y1 J$ C7 k8 E
' h1 b/ K+ A# E% K4 v8 T* {M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". 1 U/ f4 S# Q# J$ K* O6 ]) y$ R; U1 y6 M( b
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？ ) r( @2 f' y$ B" ]( Q, p- W, `& ^5 [ ?& B( t# j# Q
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... 0 n" t. ?/ p+ r/ U8 Z5 u9 G ! z5 r9 a/ Z6 l- A3 IL: 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？ B7 Q% Q4 h* \$ m. l4 {
- ]1 C! C) B' A$ `, \M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. - F* h" F5 m3 N& d* I1 r+ n( ]- O+ s2 p% V8 g; l
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！/ F/ V1 i, r4 C( H) A
% s6 d% N) X4 ]* n/ [! w! FM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. " @/ B3 K9 N0 x& N( `, q, e. _" h6 \9 v # _( P; U1 m: B; QL: 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！ ; q( ]9 [. \) c$ O; T - b& W: ?# u3 i' Q- G. V" VM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!+ [7 G7 r3 w: r
8 |, | Y9 d* p" D' i) h 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! * {& b, d2 w! X1 _8 w: T ) g1 X, ?5 n; ?; U$ b" ]M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!1 K' S! o) L& K0 R6 T1 V
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- c4 S& y+ j6 L3 t1 ?L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ " D! m# J, O7 H$ |$ R. x2 ~+ s, a% L5 y$ l+ O# Z5 } `
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 u$ n$ \& W( }0 ^; A9 h8 R
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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！ 6 A! C3 g( j' L ?7 y' Z, ~2 n" W% U% F
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 9 V& x/ J% u- s& [ @ & U v8 S' h/ J+ [* L- D* PL: 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。 4 W, P' Y7 h0 T! @/ X. w) P, C7 J- Q. t
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., R( b J2 {1 i
/ j, p( A) n- O; uL: 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？) s* _& u8 A3 Z* x0 H
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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。 2 i" P9 o1 }% A' V; v' y / k$ f0 b7 K7 o; M5 C9 I, F* QM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!; ]" D7 S! G4 t2 [3 P7 Y: N( {
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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 {. w9 \) z! u Z# [2 V
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