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。 $ `) @' }3 F) l4 y8 _+ F4 z # Z0 E# W5 B. A5 U* jM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? ! [ O: C. a: d . }. X8 G, r4 t. T- Z' t# }: }$ h. UL: 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！& B! s0 A7 h: P4 L- o: X0 ^$ B
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 3 T( b- @8 A$ }( D( L3 U ( P% ?7 g$ Q/ Q% E; rL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? . w. e, U1 ~9 B2 S% h$ V6 t 6 [7 t. l8 N3 f$ T7 z$ tM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". " {: N: n: {; [8 z* ~ & _+ Z+ r/ ?# B) c. G& f/ Q- \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？2 Y5 O0 t; O3 F" O$ h! p# }3 a+ R
! u9 q$ \4 J9 C3 j; y- a4 OM: 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...) B9 Z% h9 {2 K# A1 I P% k
+ X* g7 Z# N1 l. F. VL: 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？ & c1 t2 ]! q/ L8 E$ P+ K : p: H" s+ t' g E' j' zM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples., ]# t0 |3 m/ o8 `* e! Y2 z
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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！6 L ~# l0 n9 ^) X* O) y" ?
! t/ y7 F: W0 \. {: LM: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 0 ~8 E8 I: I5 z: A9 j8 s5 }) O& P |" v4 F
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！ 5 z9 P& O" P/ }- `( v% y/ h / X8 X& c' ]! ?( K. K* Q5 ~2 Y0 G fM: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 8 \9 T) N! o) y- m R7 {% ? 5 M- H1 F! L8 u! a9 A- ~4 }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!6 z$ |4 h8 _1 q
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 7 v+ D2 z* M' G, M8 O6 \$ q+ r" ~0 x1 b- ]2 c) [! q# A+ y
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 ! B- V: l+ e4 P. {7 e0 o6 Z/ D
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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.6 ~+ f6 }& q+ E& o) O$ E
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6 X# Y7 G8 p3 D9 T0 `M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! ?# t) _2 ^% y9 a/ B4 ?5 @3 ], f
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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. 7 Z, `! K8 e& P( {8 x* C . I4 P, e/ H: R( J/ ?5 rL: 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？+ q- h8 p- l) A p
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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. % c6 e; f' g. |7 O! _/ B/ _7 s8 H+ q) A
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。 6 I* e v3 D6 Q4 z1 Z$ C 7 w* q) Z$ d' ~1 f, hM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! ! A$ q% o; e1 @' o) f( ^0 _* c 2 ?( y; d* L! |; O8 c2 y DL: 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！% p/ q; ?% C( w; J O6 ]
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