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。! ^% U6 ?% H0 r4 S; z6 w
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M: Li Hua, are you going to get any snacks before the movie begins?3 p. t# M- o) D: |8 O' Q
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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！" n! M8 U: L) d
/ I* T& Y1 R/ g. I" v! T' t" XM: Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one. It's only a few bucks. : I: }: P7 v4 T: [! m. B! _. _( @5 f
L: 你说什么？一杯可乐不是!.75吗？你说 "only a few bucks"? 8 E7 c; a, p+ o- w- z) L 6 V6 j1 g5 _% t" F; }1 gM: Yes. "Buck" is an informal way to say "dollar". . s) l* J: Q1 O: V. k& r' p2 A8 } K8 M, I f$ {( PL: 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？5 l: u! E" a$ M' p0 q
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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...+ y. k4 t$ M$ o
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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？ - |+ K: b! h; Q6 g* U9 V( p: ~( y: N Y6 L* o4 {; M
M: No, I'm not reminding you, I just wanted to give you some examples. - C3 C/ g3 O) o V 7 W' O# O$ x3 `$ `6 g! kL: 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！ 9 G+ [9 N* j) R0 r7 b6 C1 B9 @/ V( l3 X t
M: Ok, don't be mad at me. Hey, since you now know what "buck" means, why don't you give me an example.4 A$ j. K0 |' q/ w
1 n% C6 b' b6 u0 M1 q- U0 ~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!! G* m+ X) t3 K8 S0 c
8 ]- V7 U) v6 ^* uM: Oh! So your sweater actually costs you 55 bucks! That's expensive! 9 L& ?# u! j- ~- Z9 ]+ h6 X5 m7 \
L: 真倒霉！得了，别说了。去买可乐吧！电影都快开场了。 $ @4 r: C' e+ l) E B, g& K6 ^4 d- \& }) }: j" x
(Michael和李华看完电影以后) 9 O3 h- |0 `1 D9 r: w3 Q " I: B i2 e1 ^' d) g8 hL: Michael，这电影可真棒！ & q4 T/ ~. h; z9 J ' u. P2 c: [+ n% f& i' |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.) n+ m2 H) G" f) R3 G3 u) Y
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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！/ B0 y$ m5 a# B: \
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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。 / l* ~* H# ?$ I( N7 Y. t. j* _* R6 k/ H6 z( t+ ~* V1 P
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.& H4 F" z: D. D% Z
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