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 K5 o4 n2 w) }8 K% Q& { 7 T) p! u% H4 [9 C1 J5 @$ yM: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?6 h1 s1 C, M' z/ a
* }: T9 g/ v$ F* F& B b! s. ^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！' d* {7 I. v1 d7 [% E3 T+ P% D
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M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks." Y; s( v% V. y
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?+ c" S0 V; o+ [6 g y8 {3 w4 T- r) {
$ W9 X* g9 [( V- i- C/ CM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar".4 @8 R6 ~- S- c& N
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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？ % W. L/ N+ e! n) J- j6 o& d/ t( G( s9 H1 @
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... . F8 j( A8 |5 Y. v$ }, R1 k( _5 w7 [. n6 W6 ?8 Y6 T6 M& 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？ ( Y8 o7 e# N! u+ p+ L5 G9 U" X 4 x) @& A5 p# [$ u3 y0 l) ZM: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 9 p! {8 R) \& F7 F. p) E7 N! R
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！ / X, K2 H9 c1 B4 e0 r& n L" K5 u+ A @7 g9 h1 C
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example. $ N7 T2 F! C2 z( ]; P6 | p& u1 B! I$ S+ a" S
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 M3 h6 G5 S+ D
, B" j8 @6 i3 KM: Five bucks! I can't believe it!$ J& {! \9 o+ p; ^; q* `
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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! ! |& h0 N, x1 Q2 H4 B; n3 c6 z k. Z 6 q- y4 e$ g/ z( X3 `- o" A" uM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive!' t: k4 P; X0 O
6 r m- K; N# G0 ]L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。9 X/ W' M2 e+ G* }) c8 M
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L: Michael，这电影可真棒！: r4 D. Q8 w4 i
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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. 1 v# ~" Q( k' n( n! ?2 ~! V/ p ' {% j- m9 ?% A& C9 }" p9 @1 kL: 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！. y0 ^) z+ `5 ], X; O; Z% B; s! m7 }
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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。+ f5 l& Y; `% Q- R; H) p7 F
% y1 i# |$ A% o1 J 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. 4 x$ Z- p/ |" H* u- U1 B5 z7 C b$ Q1 P
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？ . H* q) L9 K3 T) [. n$ }. L1 F+ T- n, m0 b0 F4 E5 U( m
M: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.( U( C: w% Y. ]; `* e2 R
2 s- W* K: b: I$ E# AL: 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。/ k) H/ \* j8 S! J9 m X3 W O+ D
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L: 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！1 m# K! K) d5 M' y
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