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。5 f _! ~) w0 C, ~+ r7 L5 L/ H+ \
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? / c5 w( k3 S/ x d# v5 h$ w9 J# q4 n) W 4 H( v8 @, k) WL: 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！2 e& }+ y7 `4 r: b! a4 g8 \' W
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. * V2 J8 o- u3 u9 a0 Y 5 N; V: R$ H& {0 \. `5 IL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? ( z1 e+ V$ U! l) \& g4 {& m. D: y T
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ) F* S9 m' c+ w6 s. u- S( F8 C" v. f1 b v0 w$ _( V
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) [" ~% [+ Y 2 B2 {% {$ j4 @2 Q3 m' i; J; pM: 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 _' y' I1 y' x! |- i6 M' C/ Z2 S
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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？ + }- l2 \4 G. P( L 5 k3 r4 s* ~' N( V. ^M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.5 z9 |9 L! f2 \! T. K3 w& k
7 c$ n+ @) _5 K; yL: 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！ . Q! i1 l5 P% D/ y/ z& c 5 Q+ b6 p, @/ F* L4 y0 xM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. " W: f& {2 k. a * o- [& K/ @% Z/ c& ?; yL: 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！* P6 C: p3 t3 |+ x; m: H5 P
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M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! S* M8 [# K$ N8 d: t- l8 e
+ c% |# }% [/ X7 |2 Y5 }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!9 T5 Y- l4 Z- ]+ v+ X. l: l
) R0 | Q1 S- C0 U: ~- yM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 6 H$ Q t+ p- W 4 @" d1 j# Z4 T, `/ T+ w! cL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。# R) B: [9 @) n( a
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！9 j- b& f" O0 h3 m2 b
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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.; m; e0 m. \3 l# W9 v/ w% h, ^
5 s' v8 Z0 S+ d) N( {# W0 zL: 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！8 J2 z+ S5 u5 h4 f2 q0 J4 G+ L8 P
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!. f! |) d9 D7 `1 {- ]
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( s/ Z# p! h- C C, }( w. g' Z* O0 }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. 0 i# f* V9 d; c: V+ o1 Q" M& n3 Y7 G: l, E3 R3 T0 w
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？ * j4 |# v) b3 R4 k1 f$ S) d8 @& B0 x
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. : S4 R' Q4 V+ f& E$ U9 {3 t$ \ + }7 A# o9 Q( Q0 P, a; \3 [1 qL: 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。6 L: c1 m% O2 _' Q* f" P
8 u1 |) |4 J, {$ L0 uM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! : f+ B. Y" G. ]" [; ?5 T+ V E2 [! K: _* cL: 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！ $ v& S: q% ^( c/ B3 r. b$ d- }% J7 ?2 x, E; P5 V3 x9 b F7 d+ X
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