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。 & V/ H0 c; r* T; A. w' k3 D+ R! a- Z; I. B
M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?, J9 T ~8 r0 q* ?. D( K) s v$ i) x
2 m3 i; V6 J% l# ~: I- Z! }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！ 4 Y7 s- h- Q1 a. i9 q V' }8 e$ l7 t9 P( N/ n+ y
M: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks.9 Z/ m$ o/ z6 @& q
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L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"?3 i: ` u+ ~, F- v! x6 V' z
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M: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". , k0 I+ K! A) C& j7 o, m; \ ( w# f: X3 p2 I. iL: 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？ 3 x" S4 O2 M$ E/ s0 I. J+ ?, n* O$ \+ {/ O$ B- C
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... . O, ]/ q0 H _7 k8 i2 d. `2 R' C* Q: d5 K' w! p
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？( w3 H1 p) s/ ?" Z' \
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M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. 7 ]/ L: f P8 i9 J% T. [7 C 5 f; V* n) _' g5 u; `$ L6 W# Y8 u4 LL: 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' I2 V) m9 z" J1 L1 {& R6 a8 i2 t: k2 T; U2 z, k' E* a9 ^
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example./ Z$ W) J# }8 h1 }" ^ s0 \5 t, }
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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！ 1 J9 L& {! K/ I& E$ ^! R4 q( I7 x$ ^/ m( y
M: Five bucks! I can't believe it! 0 }; U; W( {, B3 Z4 p - J+ W9 y2 B: R4 o9 R# lL: 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!3 @; I7 j3 z* _' |. H
. }5 e& g) j& [2 s3 [2 {L: Michael，这电影可真棒！( p5 ?4 ~4 q- P
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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. 0 f9 p. h* X0 f) j" V! m 2 @& f5 c" [! RL: 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 C1 s" |' _. \! s; ]
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M: Handsome? Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!0 g7 Q% n! P* i* \# l3 d8 \
6 [9 n# t& b* q& \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。4 L. ~+ a. q7 Q/ F# @
6 u' R$ { X% KM: 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./ w! p7 t1 L L- ^2 X& @2 y
, A2 p, [: @& J0 ^' l9 T$ rL: 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？ 6 F! [% \: B9 I# k; e) z - V A3 H: ]# w* O. U- F; qM: Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be jealous of him.* H. s5 X: M( Y& N" F' y. Y1 `
5 o' r4 ]1 O- [0 ~- N/ a- @4 ]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。 ; j! i' Z% x: H, k ; E$ n: V# ~) z- _/ I( }7 oM: I'm fat? Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks! % D C9 _( }! o! f& F+ |0 S' ~, U7 x& d H. t( |
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！2 }8 ]2 C+ I( B. o1 \0 Y
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