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。 8 f& L! F2 }0 k' `6 F8 D % L* {) h$ M9 a% vM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? - X7 m0 b; ~ {3 T8 k* I3 }$ |/ e( T/ V% [% ^ m7 ~7 g% C; Q
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！: r3 K( U5 u& W, x+ W/ @7 {' \8 e
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. ( o. h% E& C z2 v2 i% ]3 N2 h3 h8 f8 F2 P$ I6 Q+ K$ j
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? $ ]" d. o8 c0 E+ P% G; A; l+ k' M7 Q2 P5 g
M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar"." ]6 m+ D5 U( Y$ Y, z
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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？ . L5 f+ N! p" b8 v# [% U u/ Z% C0 O$ _3 Y
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.... s5 @" g/ G# R, t a) Y
$ m5 t0 |" d/ n2 B+ D% ZM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.. [# {, d1 F$ @6 q1 W) C* R S3 R" a
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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！ $ W; r: h+ T7 ?( g. ^; J ' N7 O! o0 i u8 @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 M0 S& T" C; w5 u" F# o 5 R5 r: h% | O) E7 BL: 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！- i/ r; p7 Z7 ^# `: o; ?: ?" a
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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!6 H9 o) H4 H' t* A
% f+ A) b- y- H, @M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! - l# k5 o# d3 s! |0 E' N3 z) u* I
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。: X2 w; L: c$ ]' H% l. N! Y- U
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(Michael和李华看完电影以后) ) ?* B8 c2 v. q" @' L, c2 m3 K& e % l5 Y' h! B- f) y; _1 C4 v/ kL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ 1 m% ^# s( `- r4 \. b0 ]% E z. J( r# K' r
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.+ U( S8 w2 X* F- A) @- g6 _
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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！* V2 \' [" `, j6 }# W& z
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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。 ' X3 Y* m' I6 @' E" z+ q8 z + N5 I2 s( b H! L/ Z Q* HM: 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. % f* j6 e( {+ M) y: b 9 O6 T3 q' h* b7 n3 j8 k5 U9 yL: 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？ 9 b* c6 n% t- u4 G# C" O( N6 w% e* z3 D! J
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.2 b& V: c3 t+ P/ I: Z0 h1 O' [+ v
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M: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!/ M9 A0 Z$ D$ e
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