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。 # r+ a5 C3 Q3 P5 g " R7 j" Q( t. P. r* u4 e$ PM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins? 8 c r8 i7 A# `# ^+ Y& G7 o& g, M) b/ f
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！ 8 d( S8 o$ W- _% S- C! [ $ d/ M0 B9 l4 k! A1 |3 `; CM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.5 ?& n" Q$ Q5 M; u5 ?# g
7 X7 n2 l* c' q+ r/ x3 c+ m" rL: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?; H! L; l" s2 |9 Y# g; W
M' ~% z+ M8 }0 z: uM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".4 I) o3 j) l4 v& E5 l
/ l, M: t0 ~5 P* D, Z9 Y1 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？# t" m) ^; ^ D9 U( Q3 P5 x8 z! R
; q0 p- @" P9 S- n8 p# a/ i/ gM: 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/ @) m4 ^8 w w; r' m & j* z, B: L/ W& Y* ^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？ ; F$ O$ t* ~+ O$ [- t0 _ - z. P$ e( U! U* Q E' d- d/ UM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples.: N. x9 u [$ t! T. 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！6 `8 a2 k- H2 Y
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M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. ! j$ y+ T; L" R/ ^7 ^ ( j6 T, _8 J( I; s# V2 TL: 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！ ( T, ^2 L4 `/ ]$ j: u. n( v2 j6 z$ n) c, }6 o
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it!2 S( }1 u9 @3 {8 L$ A( @1 z2 q. V5 p
- I8 M' [# e' i) E; F3 oL: 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! 9 E. }9 }" j2 K# m- I" c0 \8 a7 ]) B
M: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! : L @. o7 [$ b) R% d' N6 n2 K6 Z3 e- ?" z" m" Z
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 $ H" K, ^5 ?% G& C. q# B9 w5 }/ T* H
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) y2 {6 I5 K% _! k$ yM: 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.; D3 W8 T' M' [$ \3 p; ~8 }
* J! V4 I) N# }% F+ [1 OM: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!" g |1 ~8 e1 T$ A
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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。 8 l5 D$ o% M" V8 u7 }& J ! H* u* n% T* {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. $ [" f' A* G. D 2 y8 W, u3 v. s: J" GL: 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？ 3 a$ ~) |% ^4 f. g% K t3 ]! D/ \& y/ s8 Y4 F" H
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him. ) ]; O, S1 U/ d# j0 W ) n5 m' J: l0 P+ u' gL: 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。& J. m) t% p5 p b$ H
2 p0 E6 w0 l( D" P7 [3 zM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!. |" N8 U1 {/ k
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