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。 7 D$ {6 y2 u" p) P) R" p: j- ~9 ^. ^, t( |, w
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?& i( p* |8 R5 x, g/ h" p0 n
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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！: h# f0 N' B$ h% |% Y' _$ L! Z/ [) J
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. 2 E- s) R+ J% ?; e" t# W" W2 a2 C8 w5 w7 ^2 b) c8 F) X
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?# ~: V( }7 w7 G& u$ K
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". " S6 d" M3 h, G% Z ) P( f# B3 V% p; C; }8 A& 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？: y. H1 H! L7 R/ L
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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...9 g, V1 _6 K/ h% k5 e+ ?6 M 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？ , ]/ J6 B9 U" d% Z/ s ; R0 f+ V6 I" l0 h! ]. NM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. , m* J) {* Z a3 l: f( g& C, ?! n$ |' b5 U& V% M
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！ $ I) `1 n8 q3 m w H' P5 Y; }- J. L0 R. d7 N' Z# n
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.0 r2 J4 R- z: Z* K( K+ R" x0 \
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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！# Y- K+ u# i t4 G5 p) Y: Y
- H, D2 {4 t, U: hM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!4 Q4 ~# A( q- O- P0 r; }
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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!+ Y2 {) M' e% r9 y5 G
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M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! $ W6 O+ ]/ H- P* d; C6 q) l7 X* E5 W% N1 Y1 d8 c# c
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。% \+ t: ^6 c' x6 b4 M
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7 h! J0 O) Q% k0 ^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.3 k. ]7 p0 B0 M: x2 I7 A7 ]: T
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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！ 1 ~9 L8 s7 b: E7 X. V9 ` $ B0 S/ I! E: e: i( O9 DM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!. b9 w2 ?' L% |# u! |3 V
) M4 h9 u3 {& x" u" x4 }+ AL: 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。 5 t0 W$ M% |$ z" ^% k& ~$ j , p+ q1 Z$ ?) Z" t5 ^ O9 qM: 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 O! C8 n& K6 w # Z r- S: ^& ]" U1 q( Y0 w( R) X- }8 }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？ 7 z& b! ]3 l* v, M5 z# l' r ! L4 Q$ P' t* A) F3 g" h4 {M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ; ^! H- Z8 |- ~; S% r1 l% W% {" b. w4 {) D" Q) c
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。 S" e3 k2 k) p2 \2 v) V' J
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