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。% k- H- w+ u m8 `
2 `) q$ k* J. L3 `+ C* \M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 5 d0 g8 C! R$ ^" b. a z/ s4 a* ]( R: I5 w. }2 ~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！ 3 K9 E6 L2 _" j7 x4 D6 u$ c 8 I9 ?5 x$ ^; n, a' vM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ' s/ f, c$ Q5 ~2 W$ Z, f, A5 z! {4 K" \* }' Q3 E: @& {
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 1 O. p" d7 X! V' @$ [) u % a" W# `6 a7 [' X! W! Q! uM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".- S3 I/ a. B7 M# R
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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？ % v4 ~0 Q p D5 R8 H4 V ! m( d5 Z" N1 M# aM: 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...3 t) _8 J$ C1 V- O- m6 J
6 w$ w: r1 p+ K8 i. 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？ 6 z% S$ B! Y. r- J& d& X0 [ : b F* M" ~2 ?M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.( \1 N8 A G" z# N
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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！ 9 ^( E( c [; k* L+ I1 q% t* P+ F# U
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.' P, U% S: p6 I! Z* a! a& c
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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！ # c5 }; i7 F! H- J7 `8 N5 j' f/ Y: @8 H
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!$ i, }3 n! |4 d9 n) X. Y1 o
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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!# x5 G3 O9 b' o
0 s6 l' y( s% O/ l# u; NM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!1 t: C# o) @% m
* n; ]. X/ |! `. Z! \2 f: GL: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 & n5 U* P1 _) v: a1 m D! M( W$ y% y' H2 |, S6 o
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！ ; U- C5 Z" I8 ^0 a8 G, u6 n+ z 3 ^8 p$ C( e7 {* I N5 ^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. , A, a% E- @3 @9 \6 g( N, h7 e( S/ o7 U: b
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！1 P. t+ s6 ?4 s. n! ?
/ V' V( a& Q6 [, dM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 9 P* ^2 L T, t6 C- \& { ; X |# W4 a3 \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。6 F s; a$ g: V( 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." l& G f: ^" l5 n2 r L4 b! L& q
7 Z9 h& g# t( Z; e( a- H6 P NL: 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？ " Y# c3 b: e) d0 r) e4 B) z) p' n7 w$ i( y4 g- h% t% C
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. 7 J& j! g4 `2 Z9 P2 e3 x 4 ^. Y- i( C3 |, ~! N: PL: 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。3 S% m. \2 B8 [% }' t* b
3 d: z* e! {' K, D' {0 ]2 jM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!0 X5 {& w5 Z. q+ E }4 e
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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！0 O, D4 D8 }9 o, P! L0 _& D7 J
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