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。: V& x2 g/ P9 ?" Y, B2 p$ ]& R
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?: t' k" u+ `5 V1 d8 k/ Q d
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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！. w% B2 V- B* ~6 e6 a8 ^
8 R. E+ S: t2 _/ \8 U% eM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ) H7 \: M y7 Q B " H! V! ?3 _4 D* R. CL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?1 L4 |' H4 }) ?/ u3 U( Q
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".+ E( P. f& C7 g5 K4 s* ^0 t
8 r1 F2 k" ^/ K: x3 bL: 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？( m: L' x: ]/ Q$ [
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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& W2 g3 @- D- [+ a! ?; V3 R
* Q I9 s! u+ G5 RL: 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？ ! a' N0 p5 \! @+ _ 5 ?. a. g6 x+ w# _% }M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. - I& g9 |1 T$ k: W8 b3 \1 \ * D2 O i4 ^ B2 p. f% QL: 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！7 J1 D2 Q+ u9 @. O
# m7 K4 v8 D7 }4 j" HM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. i: d) ~' y- p! x+ t 0 I! _( f) n4 e8 z* v1 ?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！9 j. r. \, z4 p) K! J2 Q' |
$ j# N/ m1 t* D* zM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! . m" ]$ w" X, T! t! q1 b7 x* a3 S6 U" ~2 A8 i
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!" G2 N- {0 K: d" U0 T9 E
! _( Z! ]5 h) O! b) TM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! . Y' H! H/ [! W+ G& \6 m7 D7 w7 ~1 e: L
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 + @( h7 z) C, f% y3 i2 e! t * V: t1 n" {7 U! }7 R1 N. ^(Michael和李华看完电影以后) ! l' ]: ?. S2 Z7 i) l * `/ q2 N- I& h, N0 w; o- u' `& YL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ; A( d' i- n8 Q0 x8 H * n# h8 o* E5 j: \7 l+ }* nM: 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 b! x$ x. z6 p! v+ [, A+ R0 ~4 H# v
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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！; g# h" r! r; c n: j, D) F+ y# \+ U; ~
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! , V0 h1 u& S) g% V& L, R l+ \, ]% L2 Y& Q1 o+ F
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。) d, g5 E" H7 d- n1 C/ p9 M X
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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. 0 N$ B6 i f+ h& n5 r7 P1 |3 X2 G6 g8 F7 S
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$ J+ X6 ]1 n! F' a& R- v' q
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M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.- @$ n% Q6 N0 W3 d9 A3 U
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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。 7 U. _ V* b6 Q# l; w& f! M* ~6 C & W- I K: \ FM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!+ J& ?) O3 N! L! Y4 i `4 D. Q0 T
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