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。 # z( I) {1 G1 x; \8 w! l5 d/ o E2 T$ s" h& iM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?1 E* d: J) Z" y q+ [7 I5 w
1 W' _+ l2 f0 I+ R d) n/ X8 lL: 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！' F1 d/ E: Q' Q" g: U
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.; |- R& w8 T6 l
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". ; y; y* n- n( C) j # o6 X5 B: z% ML: 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？ 7 F! E. a7 i1 }9 q1 {/ C5 g + f+ [) e- R; Z3 B) JM: 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...' V/ i1 _5 _# w7 U8 E! s0 U
2 u2 }3 a. T8 hL: 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？ 0 q3 T# b" v1 k7 \2 N6 K) B0 A, a7 p: p& G* I
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.. b, I9 G4 C4 k' x# |9 [( U
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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！ % B& N/ L, o/ M7 t- j/ S. G0 Z$ n9 D6 J. L' F. j3 K
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. 1 ?# h4 e& S* u# W 4 v) K; l' a8 x1 L( _7 {8 Z7 N0 CL: 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！ - p/ G5 w' ~: f: _9 \! H & b* }' v5 M. C0 C0 P3 o( K: L bM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!1 B: Y3 f2 k3 s! T
; U5 Y; Q) r: R+ B/ RL: 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! f9 V& N! M( g' K* U ! a, I9 ?+ ]! r. x3 W5 uM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!( K9 t. z. X7 @+ I8 X) I' j
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L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 m5 ^" k$ o/ z. V! W
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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.% n& r, v( P) { I' _3 Q
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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！ 3 l' [; ?# E5 Z0 j3 C6 ~; `4 x- o4 c" f2 b$ j$ }5 m
M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now! 0 N( A- J8 T b# K0 J* K: ^+ \+ G: [$ f" d7 F, V
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。 . c( Y4 o; m: V & r$ O% F6 C5 ]. P8 ^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.9 |) H) b/ q6 {2 @+ g0 t9 `
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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？" `/ d. f- W$ B* N1 h1 {2 B6 H
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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. . h1 R- i- {+ a4 B & q4 h* p8 ~) xL: 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。0 H6 G1 V" g# {( K
; Y7 F g: Q, S# Z yM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! n8 k6 Q& v* J$ b. J" {
1 R7 |3 L1 z+ _; G) U1 N, 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！2 w; A% O. }( K. f
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